Amnesty International MalaysiaSiaran Media 29 April 2025 Serangan global terhadap hak asasi manusia semakin meningkat pada tahun 2024, dengan kerajaan di seluruh dunia bertindak keras terhadap kebebasan bersuara dan protes aman. Malaysia juga menyaksikan hakisan ruang sivik yang semakin mendalam, kata Amnesty International Malaysia hari ini ketika pelancaran Laporan Tahunan Keadaan Hak Asasi Manusia Sedunia.…
Amnesty International MalaysiaPress Release 29 April 2025 The global assault on human rights intensified in 2024, with governments around the world cracking down on freedom of expression and peaceful protest. Malaysia, too, saw a deepening erosion of civic space, Amnesty International Malaysia said today at the launch of its annual State of the World’s Human…
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,…
Siaran Media8 April 2025 Malaysia mencapai kemajuan yang ketara pada tahun 2024 dengan mengurangkan secara drastik jumlah banduan akhir susulan pemansuhan hukuman mati mandatori. Namun, pelaksanaan hukuman mati yang berterusan—termasuk bagi kesalahan berkaitan dadah—masih menjadi kebimbangan yang serius, kata Amnesty International Malaysia hari ini, ketika ia melancarkan laporan tahunannya mengenai penggunaan hukuman mati secara global,…
Malaysia made significant progress in 2024 by drastically reducing its death row population following the repeal of the mandatory death penalty, but the continued imposition of death sentences—including for drug-related offenses—remains a grave concern, said Amnesty International Malaysia today, as it launched its annual report on the global use of the death penalty, entitled Death…
8 April 2025 This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2024. Amnesty International reports only on executions, death sentences and other aspects of the use of the death penalty, such as commutations and exonerations, where there is reasonable confirmation. In many countries governments do not publish…
Media Quote 20 February 2025 Responding to the news that Pannir Selvam Pranthaman has been granted a stay of execution by the Court of Appeal of Singapore on 19 February to allow for the filing of an appeal, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Human Rights Campaigner, Qistina Johari, said: “We welcome the eleventh-hour decision by the Court of…
Press Release 17 February 2025 Amnesty International Malaysia is greatly alarmed at the setting in Singapore of the execution of Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman for Thursday 20 February. The violations of human rights protections seen in his case would render the execution arbitrary and unlawful under international [human rights] law and standards. We join his…
6 February 2025 We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urgently call on the Malaysian government to take immediate and decisive action on behalf of Malaysian national Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, and others who are at risk of execution in Singapore. At this stage, having exhausted all his legal avenues, nothing stands between Pannir having his life…
3 Februari 2025 Kami, pertubuhan masyarakat sivil yang bertandatangan di bawah, menyeru kerajaan Malaysia untuk mengambil tindakan segera dan tegas bagi pihak warganegara Malaysia Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, dan orang lain yang berisiko hukuman mati di Singapura. Pada peringkat ini, setelah ketandusan tindakan kehakiman, tiada apa yang boleh menghalang pelaksanaan hukuman mati ke atas Pannir oleh…
Media Quote5 December 2024 Responding to the submitting of a memorandum to the Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR, Edmund Bon urging immediate intervention to seek the commutation of the death sentence imposed on Pannir Selvam Pranthaman and others facing the death penalty in Singapore, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Research and Advocacy Officer, Nicole Fong, said: …
During his trial, Pannir denies any knowledge that he was carrying prohibited drugs. The Singapore High Court judge, in convicting him, found that he was a drug “courier”, as his involvement was only limited to transporting the drugs. However, under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, the court has the discretion not to impose the death…