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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has withstood Malaysia’s unofficial ‘referendum’ on his party, but must continue to unite factions and implement strong policies to retain power.

CIVICUS, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and SUARAM call upon states to use the upcoming human rights review of Malaysia at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to call out its ongoing failure to fully implement ...

JANUARY 22 — Civicus, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and Suaram call upon states to use the upcoming human rights review of Malaysia at the United...

Human rights groups urge the government to drop the charges against the filmmakers and to end the criminalization of religious offence.

IPOH: The Perak Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) arrested 22 foreign fishermen for committing various offences, at 0.98 nautical miles southeast of Pulau Jarak, on Friday (Jan 19).

JANUARY 18 — Yesterday, a film’s director and producer were charged in court and a northern state’s MB asked to transfer his sedition case to a high court. The three of...

KUALA LUMPUR: Two filmmakers behind the indie movie Mentega Terbang have pleaded not guilty to a charge of deliberately hurting religious sentiments, an offence that carries a one-year prison term if convicted.

KUALA LUMPUR: A man who sold sex products showed the potency of his wares by having rough sex with women including his clients, had his acts recorded and aired the pornographic videos on social media for more profit. But he didn’t last very long.

KUALA LUMPUR: The producer and director of indie film "Mentega Terbang" claimed trial at the Magistrate's Court here on a charge of hurting religious feelings.

JANUARY 17 — Today, Khairi Anwar and Tan Meng Kheng, respectively the director and producer of Mentega Terbang, were charged with deliberately wounding the religious feelings of...