AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2024/25: THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS

The report documents human rights concerns during 2024 in 150 countries, connecting global and regional issues and looking to the future. Despite some positive changes to laws and policies in certain countries, human rights have been under attack across the world. Authoritarian practices have spread and existing protections for human rights have been pushed aside, ignored or trampled.

We campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

Who we are

Read more about our work in Malaysia.

What we do

Abolish Death Penalty, Stop Torture & Promote Freedom of Expression

Get Involved

When you join AI Malaysia, you become a part of a global movement that is 10 million strong.

TAKE ACTION

Malaysia: Stop Restricting Freedom of Expression

Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas without fear or interference. 

The right to freedom of expression is important for the personal development and dignity of every individual, and it is essential for the fulfilment of other human rights. However, Malaysia retains multiple pieces of legislation that continue to repress and silence Freedom of Expression. 

Sign our petition and ask Malaysia to repeal laws that restrict freedom of expression.

Freedom of expression

Ask Malaysia to repeal laws that restrict freedom of expression

Sign the petition
custodial deaths

Justice delayed is justice denied. Stand in solidarity with Teoh Beng Hock’s family and all victims of custodial abuse.

Sign the petition

Demand Justice for Teoh Beng Hock – End Impunity and Ensure Accountability Within Law Enforcement Agencies 

On 16 July 2009, Teoh Beng Hock, a 30-year-old political aide, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on the fifth-floor rooftop of Plaza Masalam, beneath the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor office, where he had been interrogated overnight as a witness in an investigation into alleged misuse of state funds. He was subjected to prolonged, late-night questioning without rest—an oppressive and unlawful practice. His death sparked national and international outrage, raising serious concerns about abuse of power, custodial violence, and the lack of accountability within law enforcement agencies.

Sign the petition and urge the Malaysian authorities to take immediate, transparent and meaningful action to ensure justice for Teoh Beng Hock.

Demand a ceasefire by all parties to end civilian suffering

The unparalleled escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas and other armed groups has taken a devastating toll on civilians. The level of casualties is unprecedented. Countless lives have been shattered, ripped apart, and upended. 

With each day that passes more lives are lost and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is getting worse. Sign our petition to call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end civilian bloodshed and ensure humanitarian aid access to Gaza. 

Sign our petition and urge world leaders to call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties and put an end to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. 

MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty ImagesIsrael/Opt

URGENT CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE BY ALL PARTIES TO END UNPRECEDENTED CIVILIAN SUFFERING

Sign the petition
death penalty

Urge the Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs to intervene to secure the commutation of pannir's death sentence

sign the petition

Urge the Malaysian government to support the commutation of Pannir Selvam‘s death sentence in Singapore

Pannir Selvam is one of several Malaysian nationals currently on death row in Singapore. In 2017, aged 29, he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for importing just over 50g of diamorphine (heroin) – an offence that does not meet the threshold of the “most serious crimes” to which the use of the death penalty must be restricted under international law and standards.

Sign the petition and call on the Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs to intervene to secure the commutation of the death sentence imposed on Malaysian national Pannir Selvam and others facing execution in Singapore.

LATEST NEWS, CAMPAIGNS, AND RESEARCH


10 MILLION PEOPLE STRONG, THE MOVEMENT WORKS


We bring torturers to justice, change oppressive laws and free people around the world jailed for voicing their opinions. And we do this thanks to the generosity and passion of people like you.