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Kasthuri Patto’s factually wrong statement on the Universal Periodic Review and why the Chairman of SUHAKAM is right on local mould

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13 Jul 2022148 Views0

We refer to Kasthuri Patto's erroneous statement on the process of The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in an article where she attacks the newly appointed Chairman of SUHAKAM. She claims that Malaysia’s involvement in the UPR process is somehow dependent on SUHAKAM’s grade A status within the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situation in their countries and to fulfill their human rights obligations. The UPR process involves 3 parties: the state the civil societies the national human rights institution (NHRI). SUHAKAM is our NHRI. 𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗛𝗥𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱...

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International community must condemn the abhorrent Islamophobic practices in India

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09 Jun 2022113 Views0

MACSA joins the international community in condemning the abhorrent Islamophobic practices in India. The latest episode where a senior official from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named Nupur Sharma who disparaged Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is proof of the rapid growth of Islamophobia in India. Although the BJP had reiterated that it was "𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯" and "𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺", Ms Sharma is no fringe element within the party. What is concerning is the fact that she is the official BJP spokesperson who was invited to TV debates to represent and defend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. This latest incident follows series of Islamophobic incidences that shook the South Asian country....

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Stop the discriminatory, hypocritical and self-serving treatment of egregious human rights abuses

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16 Apr 202286 Views0

Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations (MACSA) calls on the media and human rights organizations not to be discriminatory, hypocritical and self serving in the treatment of egregious human rights abuses on the back of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Though MACSA opposes the invasion by Russia and Ukraine and any subsequent human rights abuses, MACSA finds appalling the selective treatment of US and western countries on war crimes and egregious human rights abuses. The US has yet to be accounted for the war crimes on the illegal war and incursion in Iraq and Libya, among others, it initiated. They have yet to be taken to account of its decades long illegal detention without trial of abducted prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. The US has consistently been supporting to this day e...

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Tolak anasir Islamofobia dalam arus perdana

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05 Apr 202269 Views0

Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (PBB) pada tahun ini mengisytiharkan 15 Mac sebagai Hari Islamofobia Sedunia. Gabungan Pertubuhan Masyarakat Sivil Malaysia (MACSA) mengalu-alukan pengiktirafan ke atas permasalahan kebencian terhadap umat Islam ini yang menyebabkan mereka menjadi mangsa prejudis, stereotaip dan diskriminasi. Islamofobia turut berlaku di Malaysia, tetapi malangnya kesedaran menentang Islamofobia masih rendah dan banyak pihak termasuk umat Islam sendiri memandang enteng terhadap perkara ini. Tanpa disedari, lslamofobia menjadi satu dogma yang diterima dalam kehidupan seharian sehingga tidak menyedari ia semakin meluas. Masyarakat sudah terlalu lama dibanjiri berita memberi gambaran buruk dan menakutkan terhadap Islam sehingga ia mengaburkan garis nilai manusia s...

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Suhakam Hendaklah Tegakkan Perlembagaan dalam Mempromosi Hak Asasi Manusia

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28 Oct 202160 Views0

SUHAKAM dalam laporan pertengahan penggal baru-baru ini telah menyatakan bahawa semua Undang-Undang Murtad Syariah sebagai diskriminasi melanggar Perkara 8 perlembagaan kita. Suhakam menyatakan: “Walaupun Perkara 11 Perlembagaan Persekutuan senyap sama ada kebebasan beragama di Malaysia termasuk kebebasan untuk keluar atau menukar agama, undang-undang Syariah Negeri memperuntukkan bidang kuasa mahkamah Syariah untuk membuat pengisytiharan bahawa seseorang itu bukan lagi Islam dan menjadikan murtad jenayah hanya kepada Muslim dan Muslim di negeri-negeri tertentu. Oleh itu, undang-undang ini mungkin tidak serasi dengan hak seseorang untuk kesamarataan di sisi undang-undang di bawah Fasal 8(1) Perlembagaan Persekutuan, terutamanya apabila kesan berbangkit daripada penukaran agama orang

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Pengiktirafan Gender Ketiga memperlihatkan kecenderungan SUHAKAM mengimport nilai-nilai songsang dari Barat

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21 Oct 202152 Views0

MACSA melahirkan rasa gusar dengan Laporan Separuh Penggal SUHAKAM bagi Proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat Ke-3 Malaysia. Proses Semakan Berkala Sejagat atau Universal Periodic Review (UPR) adalah proses yang berlangsung setiap 5 tahun sekali bagi menilai tahap pengamalan hak asasi anggota Persatuan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu, selaras keputusan Perhimpunan Agung PBB pada 2006. Malaysia telah melalui proses in sebanyak tiga kali. Institusi hak asasi manusia kebangsaan (National Human Rights Institution atau NHRI) seperti SUHAKAM dikehendaki menghantar laporan ke Majlis Hak Asasi bagi tujuan dipertimbangkan semasa proses ini berjalan. Laporan Separuh Penggal NHI akan dihantar terlebih dahulu sementara laporan penuh UPR Ke-4 yang dijangka berlangsung dalam tahun 2024, akan dihantar sekitar Jun 202...