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 & Tham Hui Ying, Executive Director of Asylum Access Malaysia said: “This court decision…
Amnesty International’s research on the use of the death penalty in 2018 confirmed that its imposition and implementation is confined to a minority of countries. The number of known executions dropped by over 30% compared to 2017, representing the lowest figure that the organization has recorded in the past decade. This drop reflected significant reductions…
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,…
Media Quote 1 July 2025 Responding to the Federal Court’s decision declaring Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act unconstitutional, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Interim Executive Director, Vilasini Vijandran, said: “We welcome today’s landmark ruling as a significant step in the right direction. It sets a powerful precedent for the protection of the constitutionally guaranteed right to…
Joint StatementAmnesty International Malaysia Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement Amnesty International Malaysia and the Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement jointly launched an online petition titled “Demand Justice for Teoh Beng Hock – End Impunity and Ensure Accountability Within Law Enforcement Agencies” today, in conjunction with United Nations International Day in Support…
On 16 July 2009, Teoh Beng Hock, a 30-year-old political aide, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on the fifth-floor rooftop of Plaza Masalam, beneath the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor office, where he had been interrogated overnight as a witness in an investigation into alleged misuse of state funds. He was subjected to prolonged,…
Media Quote 23 May 2025 Responding to the news that six students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) were summoned to IPD Kota Kinabalu for investigations under Section 500 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (1998), Amnesty International Malaysia’s Interim Executive Director, Vilasini Vijandran, said: “The investigation of student…
Joint Statement 13 May 2025 Justice for Sisters (JFS) and the following civil society organisations are deeply concerned by the anti-LGBT signboards in Terengganu. Equally alarming is the statement by the Terengganu State EXCO defending the state action as an effort to incite hatred towards homosexual behaviour (read LGBTQ people), which can be categorised as…
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,…
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…
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…