Open Letter to ASEAN Chairperson 24 April 2023 ASEAN leaders must take urgent action to ensure the release of all individuals unlawfully detained by the Myanmar military and establish a clear timeline for ASEAN’s implementation of the Five-Point Consensus.   In this open letter to ASEAN, we call on...

Amnesty International MalaysiaPress Statement 23 February 2023  On the two-year anniversary of the forced deportation of 1,086 people from Myanmar, Amnesty International Malaysia condemns the Malaysian government’s continued efforts to deport people from Myanmar, including children....

Amnesty International Malaysia & Asylum Access MalaysiaJoint Media Quote13 December 2022  Responding to the decision by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to lift the stay of deportation of 114 people from Myanmar, Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, Executive Director of Amnesty International Malaysia...

The Malaysian government must immediately halt all forced deportations of people from Myanmar and ensure they are given the opportunity to claim asylum, Amnesty International urged today. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should also be given access to all persons in immigration...

The Workshop In collaboration with UnRepresented:KL, Amnesty International Malaysia is running a 4-week writing workshop exploring themes of human rights, migration, and less heard (thus “unrepresented”) narratives. We are on the lookout for both emerging and established writers of diverse...

Media Statement 20 April 2022 DEATHS OF SIX DETAINEES AT SUNGAI BAKAP Responding to media reports of an incident at the Sungai Bakap temporary immigration detention centre that has resulted in the death of six detainees, Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, executive director of Amnesty International Malaysia...

Op-ed for World Refugee DayBy Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, Executive Director, Amnesty International Malaysia 19 June 2021 A mother has died. A mother has died, and her death is a footnote in a story of broken engines, borders and body counts. On 8th June 2020, a boat that was adrift in open,...

MEDIA QUOTE11 June 2021 In response to an anti-Rohingya poster shared by the Immigration Department of Malaysia on 11 June 2021 (It has now been removed), Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, Executive Director of Amnesty International Malaysia said: “It is despicable to say to a...