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  • MALAYSIA MUST HALT DANGEROUS RETURN OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES TO MYANMAR AMID ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS 

    Press Statement 29 August 2026  Amnesty International Malaysia strongly condemns the government’s decision to begin implementing its agreement with the Myanmar authorities to return 5,000 Myanmar refugees, starting with the return of 1,476 people (mostly Rohingya) on 29 September 2026. This move by the Madani government comes at a time when conflict, displacement, and serious human rights violations continue across the country.  Just days after the ninth…

  • PELARIAN YANG MENCARI PERTOLONGAN MEMERLUKAN PERLINDUNGAN SEGERA, BUKAN PENAHANAN

    PETIKAN MEDIA 28 JULAI 2026 Mengulas arahan Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim supaya pihak berkuasa mengambil “tindakan tegas” terhadap pelarian Rohingya yang berhimpun di luar pejabat UNHCR di Kuala Lumpur semalam di mana mengakibatkan penahanan lebih 100 pelarian Rohingya, Jurucakap Amnesty International Malaysia, Divya Shesshsan Balakrishnan, berkata: “Respons Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim amat membimbangkan kerana ia telah…

  • REFUGEES SEEKING HELP REQUIRE URGENT PROTECTION, NOT DETENTION 

    MEDIA QUOTE 28 JULY 2026  Responding to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s directive for authorities to take “stern action” against Rohingya refugees gathered outside the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur, which resulted in the arrest of more than 100 Rohingya refugees yesterday, Amnesty International Malaysia’s spokesperson Divya Shesshsan Balakrishnan said:  “Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s response is deeply concerning because…

  • REFUGEE PROTECTION CANNOT BE PAUSED DURING TRANSITION TO DPP SYSTEM

    23 JULY 2026MEDIA QUOTE Responding to the government’s decision to suspend UNHCR refugee registration and its simultaneous announcement that around 5,000 Myanmar nationals will be returned to Myanmar, Amnesty International Malaysia spokesperson, Divya Shesshsan Balakrishnan said: “While we welcome the government’s efforts to develop a national refugee registration system and move towards formal recognition of…

  • AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2025/26: THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS

    The report documents human rights concerns during 2025 in 144 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,…

  • MALAYSIA AT A CROSSROADS AS GLOBAL ASSAULT ON RIGHTS DEEPENS

    Press Release 21 April 2026  The global human rights system is under unprecedented strain, with the situation in Malaysia also backsliding, Amnesty International Malaysia said today, on the launch of its annual State of the World’s Human Rights report. In 2025, the world witnessed a broad and dangerous trend: the gradual disintegration of rules, institutions, and norms designed to protect human dignity.   Amnesty International’s State of the World’s Human Rights report documents…

  • MALAYSIA DI PERSIMPANGAN KETIKA SERANGAN GLOBAL TERHADAP HAK ASASI SEMAKIN MEMUNCAK

    Siaran Akhbar21 April 2026 Sistem hak asasi manusia global kini berada di bawah tekanan yang belum pernah berlaku sebelum ini dengan keadaan di Malaysia turut menunjukkan kemunduran, kata Amnesty International Malaysia hari ini sempena pelancaran laporan tahunan State of the World’s Human Rights. Pada tahun 2025, dunia menyaksikan satu trend yang luas dan berbahaya: kemerosotan…

  • MALAYSIA: MASA UNTUK MENEGAKKAN, BUKAN UNTUK MELANGGAR, HAK ASASI MANUSIA

    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.…

  • MALAYSIA: TIME TO UPHOLD, NOT UNDERMINE, HUMAN RIGHTS 

    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…

  • 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,…

  • Media Quote: Urgent Action Needed to Address EAIC’s Findings of Abuse in Bidor Immigration Detention Centre 

    Amnesty International Malaysia16 October 2024 Responding to the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission’s (EAIC) findings of physical and mental abuse in the Bidor Temporary Immigration Depot which led to the attempted escape of 131 detainees, on 1 February 2024, and resulted in the death of two detainees, Nicole Fong, the Research and Advocacy Officer of Amnesty…