Statements

Press Statement Govt’s Move to Allow Military to Arrest or Take Action Against MCO Offenders is Dangerous & Unacceptable 15 January 2021 We are gravely concerned with the statement by Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday that the Malaysian Armed Forces personnel now have the power to detain and take action against citizens alleged to…

Press Statement Solve discrimination against children born abroad to Malaysian women by amending the 2nd Schedule of the Constitution 9 December 2020   We refer to the statement by the Deputy Home Minister Ismail Mohamed Said that children born abroad to Malaysian women with foreign spouses threatens national security and sovereignty. It is a ridiculous…

Press Statement Criminal action must be taken against any army personnel or enforcement authorities who assault migrant workers 4 December 2020   We view with grave concern the remark made by Armed Forced Chief General Affendi Buang that the army personnel caught assaulting migrant workers on video has only ‘acted a little beyond bounds’.  …

Press Statement Kedah MB’s defence of Alor Setar Hindu temple demolition unacceptable & heavy-handed 3 December 2020   We refer to the statement by Kedah Menteri Besar Sanusi Md Nor justifying the demolition of the 78 year old Sri Madurai Veeran temple in Alor Setar; and calling for the MIC to be outlawed for criticising…

Press Statement Government must not legalise prejudicial profiling of migrants by imposing identifying wristbands 19 November 2020   We are deeply concerned with the news that the government is now considering having migrant workers wear wristbands purportedly to make  it easier to identify them in public.   The reason for this, as stated by Senior…

Press Statement Recording the police is not a crime 8 November 2020   We are gravely concerned to hear the news that student activist, Wong Yan Ke, was arrested for recording a police raid in connection to a sedition investigation involving Universiti Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany).   The arrest was purportedly because the…

Press Statement The detention of hundreds of children at immigration centres is highly unacceptable 6 November 2020   We refer to the written reply in the parliament by the Home Ministry dated 3.11.2020 that confirmed that there are 756 children currently detained at immigration detention centres as of 26.10.2020.   Equally alarming is that 326…

Press Statement Government must urgently address dire COVID-19 spread in prisons 19 October 2020   We refer to the alarming spikes of COVID-19 infections on 17 October 2020 which recorded 869 new cases – the highest to date – of which 186 cases are from those detected in the Penang Remand Prison, Seberang Perai Prison,…

Press Statement Singapore Home Ministry’s fresh allegations against Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) are false & malicious 2 October 2020   I refer to the statement issued yesterday by Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA) claiming that LFL’s civil suit against Singapore Home Minister K Shanmugam was ‘baseless’ as it had been dismissed by KL…

Press Statement Singapore must cease persecution of Malaysian death row prisoners’ lawyer M Ravi 23 September 2020   We refer to the persecution of prominent Singapore human rights lawyer M Ravi by the Singapore authorities over his advocacy and defence of Malaysian death row prisoners in the notorious Changi prison.   On September 19, the…

Press Statement The authorities must stop the unlawful harassment against Md Rayhan Kabir 27 July 2020   We view with grave concern the arrest of Bangladeshi national, Md Rayhan Kabir by the Immigration Department  which was confirmed by the authorities on 25 July 2020.   Soon after his arrest, the Director General of Immigration, Datuk…

Press Statement The work permit of the Bangladeshi man interviewed by Al Jazeera has been unlawfully revoked 13 July 2020   We view with grave concern the revelation yesterday by the Inspector-General of Police that the Immigration Department has revoked the work permit of the Bangladeshi man interviewed by Al Jazeera in the highly controversial…

Press Statement The government must stop its disproportionate reaction to the Al Jazeera documentary 8 July 2020   We refer to the disproportionate reaction from government leaders and enforcement authorities sparked by the documentary entitled “Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown” released by Al Jazeera on 3 July 2020.   Yesterday, the authorities revealed that they…

Press Statement The authorities must not harass those involved in Parlimen Digital 6 July 2020   We refer to the troubling news of police approaching and questioning some of the participants of the recent youth-led Parlimen Digital session.   It is gravely concerning that the authorities are probing the involvement of youths in the Parlimen…