MACSA : Concerns and Commendations for SUHAKAM Over Its 2018 Annual Report

The Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society Organisations in the UPR Process (MACSA) congratulates the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) on the occasion of the first parliamentary discussion of its annual human rights report recently. Indeed, this momentous occasion, which we are aware that SUHAKAM has been pushing for since its inception in 1999, deserves […]

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MACSA : Kesatuan Eropah Perlu Hormat Nilai Yang Dipegang Rakyat Malaysia

Pada 11 November yang lalu, jurucakap Kesatuan Eropah (EU) bagi Hubungan Luar dan Polisi Keselamatan, Maja Kocijancic telah mengeluarkan kenyataan menuntut pembebasan lima lelaki Muslim yang ditahan di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Negeri Selangor atas kesalahan hubungan seks di luar tabie. EU memberi alasan bahawa hak asasi Lesbian, Gay, Biseksual, Transgender (LGBT) adalah terpelihara mengikut konvensyen hak asasi […]

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MASCA : EU Should Respect Values Held by Malaysian

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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MACSA : Greater Ties Between Islamic Authorities and SUHAKAM a Step Forward for Human Rights

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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MACSA : The Bait and Switch Tactics of LGBT Provocateurs

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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MACSA Intervention Notes on Malaysia 3rd UPR before the UN Human Rights Council

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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Stakeholder Report for the 3rd Cycle of Universal Periodic Review on Malaysia

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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WAFIQ: Jangan Nafikan Hak Wanita Bertudung

    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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