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Hak Asasi Manusia Dibentuk Konteks Budaya

10 Dec 2017310 Views0

10 Disember adalah Hari Hak Asasi Manusia, bersempena tanggal 10 Disember 1948 apabila Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) menerima pakai dan mengisytihar Deklarasi Sejagat Hak Asasi Manusia (UDHR), deklarasi pertama menyentuh hak asas seorang manusia. Cuma, dalam menentukan hak asasi manusia, adakalanya UDHR gagal mengambil kira konteks keagamaan dan budaya setempat dalam peradaban manusia, khususnya peradaban Islam. Malaysia tidak terkecuali apabila beberapa artikel UDHR bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia dan syariat Islam. Antara Julai hingga September 2017, Kementerian Luar (Wisma Putra) mengadakan rundingan bersama pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi menerokai isu hak asasi manusia di Malaysia. Amalan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia mendapat sorotan berikutan pembabitan M...

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Advocating Atheism Is Against The Constitution

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30 Nov 2017292 Views0

The right to freedom of expression, as protected under Article 10 of the Federal Constitution, is accompanied by both the implicit and legal responsibility to exercise that right responsibly and in ways that do not disrupt the peace and harmony of our Malaysian society. In a country like Malaysia, where all religious faiths coexist and are respected, the Atheist Republic movement has decided that it should be free to malign and dishonour these faiths in the name of freedom of expression. They are gravely mistaken. Atheism, unless they are willing to admit otherwise, is not a religion; it has no rituals, no obligations, no places of worship and no practices. It does not qualify for the protections afforded to religious communities. An Atheist can be an Atheist privately, and there is not...

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MACSA Dibentuk Bagi Memperkukuh Dan Mempromosikan Hak Asasi Manusia Di Malaysia

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16 Nov 2017410 Views0

TERJEMAHAN Di antara bulan Julai hingga September 2017, Kementerian Luar Negeri, Malaysia (Wisma Putra) telah mengadakan sesi rundingan bersama badan-badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) bagi menerokai isu-isu hak asasi manusia di Malaysia. Praktis dan amalan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia mendapat sorotan berikutan keterlibatan Malaysia dalam Semakan Berkala Sejagat (Universal Periodic Review atau ringkasnya UPR), iaitu sebuah proses semakan yang dibuat secara berkala, bagi menilai tahap pengamalan hak asasi di negara-negara PBB, selaras dengan keputusan dalam Perhimpunan Agung PBB pada tahun 2006. Sepanjang sesi rundingan tersebut, perkembangan dan pelaksanaan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia telah dibincangkan dengan terperinci, dan NGO-NGO yang hadir diberi ruang untuk menyuarakan aspirasi ser

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MACSA Formed to strengthen Human Rights in Malaysia

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16 Nov 2017491 Views0

Between July and September 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia (Wisma Putra) held consultations with several local civil society organisations (CSOs) primarily to explore a variety of human rights concerns in Malaysia. Human rights practices in the country had come under scrutiny following Malaysia’s participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a process for regularly evaluating the human rights practices of UN members initiated by the UN General Assembly in 2006. Throughout the consultative sessions, the progress and implementation of human rights measures in Malaysia were discussed and the various CSOs in question were encouraged to be forthright about their concerns and to identify current and future challenges. We laud and thank the Malaysian government for i...

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NGO: Lift hijab ban on hotel frontliners (The Star Online)

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13 Nov 2017294 Views0

PETALING JAYA: A coalition of civil society organisations has urged several ministries to change the discriminatory policy of prohibiting women wearing the headscarf (hijab) to be frontliners in the hotel industry. The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the Universal Periodic Review Process (Macsa) urged the Tourism and Culture, Women, Family and Community Development ministries to take action and change the policy that “clearly discriminates women on religious ground”. “There is no data to suggest that hotel staff wearing hijab negatively impacts customer satisfaction but forcing staff to refrain from wearing hijab, on the other hand, unnecessarily limits the pool of qualified and potentially productive workers available for such jobs as they will shy away from pur

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Ministries Must Intervene to Change Pervasive Hijab-Ban Policy

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12 Nov 2017297 Views0

In a recent statement, Cheah Swee Hee of the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) claimed that the ban on frontline hotel staff from wearing hijab was an International Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for “all hotels”;[1] yet in the same article, hotel manager Syukri mentions that he left working at one hotel and opted to start working in another hotel that does not have such ban. And, of course, any international traveler will know that Cheah Swee Hee’s claim is inaccurate. Staffs wear hijab in hotels all around the world; the Gulf States, Turkey, Indonesia, the UK, the US, do not impose restrictions against religiously mandated attire for their employees; and clearly, many hotels in Malaysia do not either. In short, there is no international SOP banning the hijab; and yes, it is si...