23 March 2017 PUBLIC STATEMENT Malaysia continues its vicious crackdown on dissent through the selective prosecution of outspoken activists. The latest instance is the trial, conviction and sentencing of Lena Hendry, a Malaysian woman human rights defender who was found guilty under the Film...

15 March 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Amnesty International condemns the double execution of Rames and Suthar Batumalai, Malaysian nationals convicted of murder, despite the new application for clemency filed by their lawyer on 23 February 2017. International law clearly states that executions may not be...

PRESS STATEMENT 14 March 2017 Amnesty International Malaysia has learnt that the execution of Rames and Suthar Batumalai which was initially scheduled for 24 February 2017 has now been set for dawn, tomorrow, 15 March 2017. This news has caught the family by surprise, as they have only been...

PRESS RELEASE 13 March 2017 Amnesty International Malaysia has learned this evening that the executions of Rames and Suthar Batumalai, originally scheduled for 23 February 2017 and halted at the 11th hour, is now to be carried out on Friday. The family of Rames and Suthar Batumalai were today...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 8 MARCH 2017 PRESS RELEASE As the world marks International Women’s Day, Amnesty International recognizes the work of five distinguished women human rights activists who have faced harassment, threats, imprisonment, and violence for standing up for human rights in the region....

In response to President Trump’s new Executive Order to reinstate the suspension of the USA’s refugee resettlement programme and establish a temporary travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim countries, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “President Trump’s...

The adoption of a draft law by the Philippine House of Representatives to revive the death penalty sets the country on a dangerous path in flagrant violation of its international legal obligations, Amnesty International said today. “The idea that the death penalty will rid the country of drugs is...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 1 March 2017 Malaysia: Decisive action against death penalty needed after second pardon announced in a month Amnesty International has today urged the Malaysian authorities to take prompt action to halt all executions and to abolish the death penalty,...

27 February 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Amnesty International Malaysia welcomes the decision by Sultan of Selangor Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Alhaj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj to offer a pardon from death row for Shahrul Izani Suparman. “We join the family...

PRESS STATEMENT Brothers Rames and Suthar Batumalai have less than 12 hours before they face the noose if the authorities do not stop the execution in view of a pending clemency application. The clemency application was submitted to the Negri Sembilan Pardons Board today by Haresh Mahadevan &...

PRESS RELEASE The persistent crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression, and the lack of police accountability in Malaysia are among the major concerns raised in the Amnesty International Report 2016/ 17 released today. The 408-page report recorded six areas of concern in Malaysia: freedom of...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 15 February 2017 Malaysia: End impunity for unlawful deaths in custody The Malaysian authorities must immediately order an independent and impartial investigation into the recent death of a 44 year old man in police custody and address the alarming number of...