Civil Society Organisations

A call to Cease Intimidation, Abuse & Harassment of Ambiga Sreenevasan

3rd November 2017 Lochna Menon

3rd November 2017 Respect the personal privacy, rights and honour the safety of Ambiga Global Bersih and SUARAM International strongly condemn the serious harassment and sinister threats hurled at respected human rights activist and lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan following disclosure of the defence and counterclaim in the ‘Abdul Hadi Awang P vs Clare Rewcastle’ suit filed in the UK. Attempts to drag Ambiga Sreenevasan into the court case have been escalated into a frenzied campaign of personal attacks in government-controlled television and newspapers. Top leaders in the ruling party UMNO and…

Malaysia loses bid for seat in UN Human Rights Council

19th October 2017 Lochna Menon

MALAYSIA has lost out to Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and Qatar in its bid for one of the 15 seats on the United Nation Human Rights Council. This is Qatar’s second consecutive term after winning the re-election vote. A UN statement said the General Assembly election was carried out via a secret ballot among 193 countries. “The newly elected members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council are Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine. “All will serve three-year…

Activity Sheet

15th September 201726th September 2017 Lochna Menon

Mission: Search and recover! Recover the alleged 12 items bought under what is popularly dubbed the biggest international money laundering case. To know the answers to the game, visit this website.

The OHCHR Report 2016

26th May 201719th September 2017 Lochna Menon

The OHCHR Report 2016 presents results achieved under the Office’s six thematic priorities as set out in the OMP 2014-2017. It also provides information about OHCHR management, funding and expenditure. (If you are unable to view this document, please disable your https safeguards)