Media Quote 13 November 2025 Following the government’s announcement that a comprehensive study on the total abolition of the death penalty will begin in January 2026, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Research and Advocacy Officer, Nicole Fong, said: “This review has been a long time coming and is a crucial opportunity for Malaysia to show that we are…
Media Quote10 October 2025 On the 2025 World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Interim Executive Director Vilasini Vijandran said: “Pannir Selvam’s funeral today should never have taken place. We are heartbroken not only by Singapore’s unrelenting cruelty and continued use of the death penalty in violation of international law and standards, but…
Amnesty International and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network condemn in the strongest terms the execution in Singapore of Malaysian national Datchinamurthy a/l Kataiah on 25 September 2025 and are alarmed at the continued violations of international human rights law and standards associated with the use of the death penalty in the country. We renew our…
KENYATAAN MEDIA BERSAMA22 SEPTEMBER 2025 Memandangkan lima banduan lelaki kini dipercayai berisiko di Singapura, kami, pertubuhan masyarakat sivil yang bertandatangan di bawah, menyeru pihak berkuasa Singapura untuk menghentikan serta-merta semua hukuman mati. Kami juga menggesa kerajaan Malaysia untuk mengambil semua langkah yang mungkin untuk melindungi hak rakyatnya yang berhadapan dengan hukuman mati di Singapura dan…
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT22 SEPTEMBER 2025 As five men are now believed to be at imminent risk in Singapore, we, the undersigned civil society organisations, call on the Singaporean authorities to immediately halt all executions. We also urge the Malaysian government to take all possible steps to protect the rights of its nationals facing execution in…
Two years since the repeal of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia came into force, a significant decline in the use of the death penalty has been recorded, both in relation to the number of people on death row and in the narrowed scope of the offences for which death sentences have been upheld. However,…
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…