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Malaysia: End investigation of Al Jazeera for reporting on the treatment of migrants
Malaysian authorities should immediately end the ongoing investigation into an Al Jazeera video report on the mistreatment of migrant workers and refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic, said ARTICLE 19 today. The case represents an arbitrary application of the law against journalists that
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Edmund Santhara received brickbats for claiming anti-Rohingya xenophobia linked to DAP
PETALING JAYA: Netizens hurl brickbats against Deputy Federal Territories Minister Edmund Santhara following his comments yesterday that the anti-Rohingya sentiment on social media comes from a section of netizens with allegiances to DAP. In a statement today, Klang MP Charles Santiago
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Disclosure of audios by MACC chief Latheefa: Legal or not?
The recent disclosure of a clutch of videos by MACC chief Latheefa Koya has predictably attracted wide public comments. Concerns raised include such issues as the right to privacy and right of an accused to a fair trial. In short, issues
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Landmarks Across the Globe Shine for Human Rights
NEW YORK: Human Rights Watch has arranged for 17 landmarks across the globe to shine bright blue on December 10, 2019, to celebrate Human Rights Day. From New York to Sydney, Munich to Toronto, the world will light up in
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India to Malaysia: We’re buddies…remember that!
The Indian government yesterday urged Malaysia to stop making uninformed statements on Jammu and Kashmir, and remember the good ties both nations enjoy. In a report by The Economic Times, India’s External Affairs Ministry reminded Malaysia that Jammu and Kashmir
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Saudi backs down from beheading Shiite man arrested as juvenile
NEW YORK: A young man from Saudi Arabia’s minority Shiite Muslim community arrested at the age of 13 will not be executed and could be released by 2022, a Saudi official told Reuters yesterday following reports of his pending execution.
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Perversion of human rights
One year after the new PH government has come into office, we find that human rights continue to be perverted because of apparent lack of political will to significantly reform the old institutionalised politics of racism and racial discrimination. The
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Do Malays care about abuse of police power?
By: Rama Ramanathan On Sunday, at 5 pm, about 60 people gathered in the Esplanade, Penang, to commend Malaysia’s Human Rights Commission, Suhakam and to call on the government to act on Suhakam’s findings and recommendations on enforced disappearances and
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