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MEDIA QUOTE: IPCC AND SOSMA

MEDIA QUOTE  25 July 2022  Responding to the possible tabling of the Independent Police Conduct Commission 2020 (IPCC) bill in parliament for second reading tomorrow, 26 July and 20 July passing of the extension of a provision under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012...

DRAWING RIGHTS: An Artist’s Workshop on Police Brutality

WORKSHOP CALL A whole-society problem demands a whole-society response – everyone is critical. In this light, Amnesty International Malaysia will be running a workshop for visual artists on police violence, custodial deaths and police accountability on June 26th 10AM-7PM. We hope that artists can...

CSO JOINT STATEMENT: REJECT THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT COMMISSION (IPCC)

Civil Society Organisations’ Joint Statement Reject the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) 22 March 2022 We, the undersigned Malaysian civil society organisations, firmly and unequivocally reject the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) bill which was tabled in August 2020 and is...

Malaysia: IPCC bill is a step backwards for police accountability

We—Amnesty International Malaysia, ARTICLE 19, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and Human Rights Watch—call on Members of Parliament in Malaysia to reject the deeply flawed Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) bill and move quickly to table a bill to establish a police...

MEMORANDUM: REJECT THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT COMMISSION (IPCC)

On 12 October 2021, representatives of EDICT, Suaram, MCCHR and CIJ gathered near Parliament to hand over memorandum to MPs asking that they reject the weak & ineffective IPCC bill, & replace it instead with a strong, effective IPCMC bill that will bring accountability to the police. The...

DEMAND AN EFFECTIVE AND INDEPENDENT IPCMC

The weak and ineffective Independent Police Conduct Commission 2020 (IPCC) bill is meant to be tabled in parliament for a second reading in the current parliamentary session. While we are 16 years overdue for a commission to address the misconduct of and complaints by the police, the proposed IPCC...

Torture and Deaths in Custody in Malaysia: A Documentary Screening

In conjunction with International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, we are organising an online film screening featuring POCA Boy (2018) by Sevan Doraisamy and Chilli Powder and Thinner (2021) by Mohammad Alshatri to raise awareness and spark discussion on the prevalent death cases...