Investigations into human rights activists and government critics, mass raids against undocumented migrants and the pushback of refugee boats contributed to a deterioration of human rights. LGBTI people continued to face discrimination while Indigenous communities remained under threat from logging...

The authorities of Malaysia must urgently exhaust all efforts to ascertain the whereabouts and ensure the safety of Myanmar refugee and activist Thuzar Maung and her family, who have been missing for a month now following a suspected case of enforced disappearance in Kuala Lumpur. The government...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Malaysia in January-February 2024. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of its recommendations made to Malaysia in the previous UPR, including in relation to the death penalty, the rights to freedom of...

This World Refugee Day, Amnesty International is calling on the governments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Myanmar military and the international community to make efforts to support the hundreds of thousands of displaced Rohingya people in securing their fundamental human rights...

Today marks the second anniversary since ASEAN agreed on the Five Point Consensus in response to the military coup in Myanmar. The Myanmar military has ignored calls from the international community to stop the violence. Moreover, since the coup, the Myanmar military has committed war crimes and...

Amnesty International submits this document in advance of the adoption of the list of issues ahead of the upcoming review of Malaysia by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It is based on the organization’s research report Fatally Flawed: Why Malaysia Must Abolish...

Since the beginning of October, over 150 Myanmar nationals have reportedly been deported from Malaysia, in cooperation with the Myanmar military authorities. Given the grave human rights situation in Myanmar, those who are forcibly deported are at risk of persecution, torture, arbitrary detention...

Following the recent announcement that the Government of Malaysia is due to deliberate on the findings of the special committee tasked in 2019 with studying alternatives to the death penalty, Amnesty International has submitted information to members of the Malaysian Cabinet, renewing its call to...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the intimidation and harassment of a Malaysian human rights lawyer and the human rights defenders he is representing. Lawyer Charles Hector is at risk of contempt of court charges simply for carrying out his work as a lawyer. The organisation views...

Health and essential workers have played an extraordinary role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across countries, they have put their health and wellbeing at risk, often in very difficult circumstances and with very little support, to ensure that people are able to access the...

Malaysian authorities must immediately put an end to their increasing attacks on freedom of expression and the media, international non-governmental organisations Amnesty International, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today....

Changes in Malaysia’s government must spur, not stall, human rights reforms, including efforts to establish an independent police commission, Amnesty International said today. In a new briefing published today ahead of the July parliament session, the organization is calling on Malaysia to seize...

Malaysia retains the death penalty for 33 offences and held 1,293 people on death row as of September 2019. This report highlights how the burden of the death penalty has largely fallen on those convicted of drug trafficking, who disproportionately include women and foreign nationals. These...