(3 July 2021, Bangkok) ‒ The Government of Malaysia must end its intimidation of artists and human rights defenders and protect the freedom of expression, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) said in a statement today. On 2 July 2021, filmmaker Anna Har and cartoonist Amin Landak were questioned over an animated [ Read more ]

Pusat KOMAS, our member from Malaysia, has developed a series of short films to demonstrate the situations of discrimination that migrants suffer in the country. “Are migrants not human? Do we put ourselves in their situation? Come and watch the short film “Jaguh Rasis di Kampung” in collaboration with Pusat KOMAS and HAS Production to [ Read more ]

In conjunction with International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM, our member from Malaysia, launched a cartoon competition focusing on campaigning against torture of young people. The cartoon competition will launch the Malaysian Youth Action against Torture campaign and the theme of the competition is ‘Youth against Torture’. The cartoon [ Read more ]

Pusat Komas, our member from Malaysia, has launched a virtual run campaign for social cohesion and national unity, Race to Equality, in conjunction with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21st March 2021. The objective of the run is: To permeate past NGO/CSO networks and have ordinary citizens be proponents of [ Read more ]

April 26, 2021 The Association for Prevention of Torture (APT), Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) in Malaysia, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) and Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) in Thailand are launching a three and a half year cooperation, to foster national and regional synergies to prevent incommunicado detention and forced confession in the three [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 24 March 2021) – Attempts to intimidate Malaysian lawyer and human rights defender (HRD) Charles Hector for his work amount to harassment with the ultimate aim of silencing the people he represents, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Front Line Defenders said in a joint statement today. Human rights lawyer [ Read more ]

“Media dalang Racism” takes us for an emotional rollercoaster when it comes to fault finding. Are we racist? Who or what causes us to be racist? This short film produced by Pusat KOMAS show us the ways racism is perpetuated by the media we consume.

URGENT STATEMENT Joint Statement: Malaysia Defies Court Order, Putting Lives in Imminent Danger BANGKOK, 26 February 2021 The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) and the International Detention Coalition (IDC) strongly urge the Government of Malaysia to grant UNHCR immediate and [ Read more ]

BANGKOK, 19 February 2021 The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly urge the Government of Malaysia to immediately halt the involuntary repatriation of Myanmar detainees, allow UNHCR access to all detainees scheduled for deportation, and to place the safety and security of vulnerable populations [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 14 January 2021) ‒ Malaysia’s recent declaration of a state of emergency risks compromising the rights of its people and its systems for accountability, said the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its Malaysia member organisations Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and Pusat Komas (KOMAS), in a statement. A nation-wide emergency was [ Read more ]