The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) strongly denounces the statement by the spokesperson of the European Union (EU) on 11 November 2019 in response to the sentencing of five Muslim men in the Syariah High Court of the State of Selangor for engaging in unnatural gay sex. Such a […]
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The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) is elated to learn from media reports that closer ties have been fostered between the various Islamic religious departments throughout Malaysia and the National Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) as elaborated by one of its commissioners Dr. Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Saleh at the […]
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On the 9th of March 2019, a group of people marched the streets of Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with International Women’s Day (IWD). Celebrated to honour women and to bring awareness to the myriad of issues that women face worldwide, a more sordid facet of this celebration reared its ugly head: the hijacking of the […]
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This intervention serves to highlight particular concerns of our alliance, namely the Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process or MACSA, towards the recommendations recently received by Malaysia from states sitting in the UN Human Rights Council (#UNHRC) during its 3rd Universal Periodic Review (#UPR) in November 2018 as well as Malaysia’s […]
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INTRODUCTION The International Women’s Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Education (WAFIQ) is a women’s civil society organisation, registered with the Malaysian Registrar of Society PPM-015-10-23032018. It upholds the rights of women to be respected and valued, ensures the sanctity of families to be preserved for better functioning of the society and strives for better […]
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25th October 2018 In two weeks time, on the 8th of November 2018, an important proceeding will be taking place at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva. Malaysia’s human rights practices will be scrutinised in a mechanism known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). A multitude of recommendations are expected to be […]
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Baru-baru ini kita menyaksikan perdebatan di parlimen mengenai hak wanita Islam untuk bertudung di tempat kerja. Yang Berhormat Siti Zailah, Ahli Parlimen Rantau Panjang telah bangkit dan mengetengahkan dengan beraninya sebuah isu yang telah lamakita perkatakan iaitu hak wanita khususnya yang bekerja di dalam sektor penerbangan sebagai pramugari agar mempunyai pilihan untuk memakai […]
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The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) is disappointed that the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO) has chosen to frame its own UPR stakeholder report on Human Rights in Malaysia with unprovoked, malicious attacks on their fellow human rights defenders. MACSA, like COMANGO, has in March […]
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Change is necessary. But changes which are abrupt and not thought through, may bring undesirable consequences; just as the inaccurate diagnosis of a disease will result in the wrong treatment. More so if these changes are not made based on sound foundational knowledge. The calls for a ‘secular Malaysia’ reverberate through the media, even whilst […]
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT BANNING OF HEADSCARVES BY HOTELS IS FAR FROM OVER Tourism and Culture Minister (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said on 22nd of November 2017 that Muslims who work as frontline hotel staff have the right to wear headscarves. He further lambasted the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) for the “irresponsible” and “anti-Islam” statement […]
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