Malaysia

Human Rights in MALAYSIA

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Malaysia: Not welcome here: 'Vigilante' force targets migrants in ...
18 December 2007

In 2005, the powers of Rela, a civilian volunteer corps backed by the government, were increased, giving them the right to stop, question and arrest anyone reasonably ...

Document       ASA 28/007/2007

Malaysia: Government failing to respect the right to freedom of ...
12 December 2007

Amnesty International. Public Statement. AI Index: ASA 28/008/2007. Malaysia: Government failing to respect the right to freedom of assembly. ...

Document       ASA 28/008/2007

Malaysia: Further information on detention without charge/ torture ...
12 November 2007

On 9 November 2007 Sajad Hussain Wani was released after being held illegally by immigration authorities. During his detention he was beaten and burnt with cigarettes ...

Urgent Action       ASA 28/006/2007

Malaysia: Respect rights to the freedom of peaceful assembly
9 November 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: ASA 28/005/2007 (Public). News Service No: 217. 9 November 2007. Malaysia: Respect ...

Press Release       ASA 28/005/2007

Malaysia: Detention without charge/ Torture and ill-treatment ...
1 November 2007

Sajad Hussain Wani, a Pakistan national studying in Malaysia, has been detained illegally for almost one month, and has been tortured by immigration authorities ...

Urgent Action       ASA 28/004/2007

Malaysia: Arbitrary detention/Fear of forcible return
8 August 2007

On the morning of 5 August, security forces personnel, aided by approximately 100 civilian volunteers, raided the communities of Selayang and Gombak, near the capital ...

Urgent Action       ASA 28/003/2007

Malaysia: Fear for safety/ torture or ill-treatment
3 August 2007

Ayu, a male-to-female transsexual, was seriously beaten by state religious officials who detained her while she was talking to friends at the Old Melaka bus station ...

Urgent Action       ASA 28/002/2007

Asia and the Pacific: UN Anti-Drugs Day : Death Sentences for drug ...
28 June 2007

On the occasion of the UN Anti-Drugs Day on 26 June, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), of which Amnesty International is a member, expressed in a statement ...

Report       ASA 01/002/2007

Malaysia: Fear of forcible return/ill-treatment
27 June 2007

Approximately 217 people, including refugees and asylum-seekers, were detained on 25 June in a raid on the Chin Refugee Centre in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. They ...

Urgent Action       ASA 28/001/2007

Pakistan: Human rights ignored in the "war on terror": Executive ...
28 September 2006

This document is the executive summary of ASA 33/036/2006 in which Amnesty International expresses its concern that, in its pursuit of the US-led "war on terror ...

Report       ASA 33/035/2006