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Suhakam And Bar Council Must Not Shirk Joint Responsibility To Ensure Freedom Of Assembly In New Malaysia

05 Dec 2018303 Views0

The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) is deeply concerned to note that the organisers and participants in the planned rally against the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) to be held this coming weekend remain without any official external monitors of their human right to peacefully assemble nor are able to accept any offers of legal advice in the safeguarding of such a right. This is despite the green light for the rally issued by the relevant authorities such as the Police and the Kuala Lumpur Assembly Hall (DBKL) and is so glaringly absent it has spurred our former Attorney-General, Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, to step in with offers of free legal aid for would be participants of that rally. MACSA a...

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Asean must ensure Myanmar restore Rohingya rights – Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy

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14 Nov 2018370 Views0

The Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (Centhra) warmly welcomes and strongly supports the statement of the Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed in condemning the actions of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi in downplaying the massacre of the Rohingya people as defending the indefensible. Indeed, Aung San Suu Kyi’s transformation from democracy icon to international pariah began with the same unjustifiable behaviour and is now all but complete following her recent yet utterly deplorable attempt at justifying the jailing of two international journalists by her regime last month. The regime she leads is now far from a respectable member of the international community of civilised nations as a result. Consequently, we are elated to hear that the international human ri...

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Ahead of UPR, Wisma Putra seeks to mend ties with human rights defenders (Malay Mail Online)

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08 Nov 2018334 Views0

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 8 ― In a first, Putrajaya will host a “live” viewing party tonight of Malaysia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. To be held by the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Wisma Putra here and attended by Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, this gesture arguably marks a change in Putrajaya’s stance towards the human rights defenders maligned by the previous administration. “It’s really a relaxed programme looking at what is happening, and trying to learn from it,” Saifuddin told Malay Mail in a recent interview. In the invitation list sighted by Malay Mail, most invitees are representatives from ministries and government agencies, the Foreign Ministry’s Multilateral Affairs Department, and its Fore...

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Comango: Previous administration backed attacks against human rights defenders (Malay Mail Online)

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06 Nov 2018337 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Human rights defenders (HRDs) had been attacked by state-sanctioned and private groups under the previous government, a coalition of Malaysian NGOs asserted in a report to the United Nations (UN) launched today. The report by Comango, which tracks progress in the field of human rights in Malaysia since the last UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), pointed out that the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration's stance on some issues had resulted in violence, harassment, and hate speech against HRDs. “The government failed to uphold the principles and values of The Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and has tried to politicise the human rights situation on the ground and demonise HRDs,” it said. “Comango’s involvement in Malaysia’s previous UPR resulted in th...

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Penyediaan TASKA: Kepuasan wanita bekerja termasuk penjagaan anak

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03 Nov 2018324 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR: Langkah menambah Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak (TASKA) di bangunan kerajaan dapat memberi kepuasan yang secara langsung mendorong penyertaan lebih ramai wanita dalam sektor pekerjaan. Presiden Perikatan Wanita Antarabangsa Untuk Institusi Keluarga dan Pendidikan Berkualiti (WAFIQ), Prof Madya Dr Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar, berkata ia selari hasil kajian mengenai kepuasan wanita bekerja pernah dijalankan organisasi itu bersama Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) serta Pusat Penyelidikan dan Advokasi Hak Asasi Manusia (CENTHRA). Beliau berkata, hasil kajian itu mendapati hampir 98 peratus wanita berkenaan turut menekankan kepentingan keluarga, termasuk aspek penyediaan sokongan dalam hal penjagaan anak. “Saya berharap subsidi penjagaan anak akan turut diperluas ke sektor swas...

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Penambahan 50 TASKA mampu galak wanita bekerja (Berita Harian 3 November 2018)

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03 Nov 2018311 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR: Penambahan 50 Taman Asuhan Kanak-Kanak (TASKA) di bangunan kerajaan mampu meningkatkan jumlah serta produktiviti wanita dalam pasaran kerja sehingga 30 peratus, kata Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS), Datuk Azih Muda. Beliau berkata, langkah itu bertepatan dengan usaha kerajaan menyediakan kemudahan bagi ibu bekerja yang gusar untuk meninggalkan anak mereka dalam jagaan pengasuh dan khuatir dengan risiko keselamatan anak mereka. “Peruntukan RM10 juta bagi menambah 50 TASKA yang diumumkan pada Belanjawan 2019 itu adalah usaha terbaik untuk membantu mereka (wanita bekerjaya) lebih dekat dengan anak serta berupaya memantau anak-anak mereka secara lebih kerap. “Ini penting kerana kita tidak mahu prestasi golongan wanita yang berp...

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MACSA di Radio IKIM

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02 Nov 2018312 Views0

Pada 2 November 2018, jam 9:30 pagi, Tuan Haji Azril Mohd Amin, Pengerusi Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society of Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Centre for Human Rights Research & Advocacy (CENTHRA) bersiaran dalam Slot Warna Pagi, Radio IKIM bagi membicarakan topik 'NGO Islam Mengorak Langkah ke UPR 2018'.

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Sedition Act in alignment with ICERD hate speech requirement – Centre for Human Rights Research & Advocacy

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31 Oct 2018327 Views0

Reference is made to our recent statement of 26 October 2018 titled No Rush to Ratify Treaties. We refer also to the statement of the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA), of which we are a part, which in turn is dated 7 August 2018 styled MACSA Welcomes Strengthening of Anti-Hate Laws. We remain firm on our view expressed in the former statement that any decision to ratify international human rights treaties, in particular the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), must be undertaken with utmost care and strive to strike the right balance between boldness and circumspection by first being preceded by rigorous study and evaluation. However in the context of the ongoing debate on the ICERD, ...

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Bajet 2019: Tambah hospital pakar latih doktor (Berita Harian 26 Oktober 2018)

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26 Oct 2018302 Views0

KUALA LUMPUR: Kekurangan hospital bertaraf pakar adalah antara perkara yang perlu diberi perhatian dalam Bajet 2019 supaya masalah menempatkan doktor pelatih dapat diatasi. Naib Presiden I-Medik, Prof Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar, berkata keadaan ini menyebabkan ramai doktor pelatih terpaksa menunggu tempoh kekosongan antara enam bulan hingga setahun sebelum dipanggil bertugas. Katanya, walaupun di negara ini mempunyai kira-kira 139 buah hospital, kebanyakannya tidak mencapai taraf pakar untuk membolehkan doktor pelatih ini mendapatkan latihan. “Dengan pertambahan pelajar di kolej perubatan dalam dan luar negeri yang ingin mendapatkan latihan, keadaan ini menyukarkan dan sedikit sebanyak memberi implikasi kepada pelajar itu sendiri. “Ada yang terpaksa melakukan kerja sampingan lain se...

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The Incoming 3rd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Malaysia at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva

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25 Oct 2018328 Views0

In two weeks time, on the 8th of November 2018, an important proceeding will be taking place at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva. Malaysia’s human rights practices will be scrutinised in a mechanism known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). A multitude of recommendations are expected to be made by the UN member countries across the world, from the call for Malaysia to ratify various international human rights treaties to basic issues such as freedom of speech and religion, the rights of stateless persons and refugees, equality between the sexes, inter-ethnic harmony, and many more. MACSA, or in full the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process, will be sending a delegation of eight human rights defenders consisting of academics, ...