Month: June 2021

PDRM Fails to Protect Detainees: Civil Society Demands Police Accountability & IPCMC

1 JUNE 2021 In light of recent police misconduct cases resulting in the deaths in custody of Surendran, Ganapathy and Sivabalan, civil society calls for immediate steps to both ensure all of these incidents are investigated transparently as well as stop further occurrence of such cases. The deaths of Ganapathy and Sivabalan, just a month […]

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Protect Our Children and Our Right to Equality

29 MAY 2021 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality is dismayed by the Federal Court’s denial of citizenship to a 10-year old child born to a Malaysian father. The disappointing majority verdict results in a denial of the nationality rights of children; and is a glaring disregard for Article 8 of the Federal Constitution […]

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