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KUALA LUMPUR: On 3 April 2019, Suhakam, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, completed a thorough investigation into the disappearances of Shiite social activist Amri Che Mat and Christian pastor Raymond Koh. Suhakam issued two reports. Copies were supplied to all members of Parliament.

NEW YORK, U.S.-Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the “most repressive country in the world [for] women’s rights”, the senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday, while nevertheless voicing a nuanced position on the importance of continuing to engage with the group.

NEW YORK, U.S.--Malaysia’s forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been “sent back against their will” to the troubled country in the last two months, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) Malaysia expresses concerns over a parliamentary reply on the 7th of October 2022 by then (and now caretaker) Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad to shut down the local UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office, in line with the government’s intention to take over the management of refugees in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Recently the Johor ruler, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, said street protests are not the solution to rising living costs in Malaysia.

NEW YORK, U.S.--The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are characterized by a “shallow commitment” to racial justice and equality, an independent UN-appointed rights expert told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, adding that they fail to address systematic racism and xenophobia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Suaram expresses its concern and disappointment over the recent appointment of the Suhakam chairperson and commissioners.

NEW YORK, US.--Journalists and media workers are facing “increasing politicization” of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs that are “growing by the day”, said the UN chief, marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.

LONDON, UK--Russia's regional ambitions represented a longstanding, open test. Yet, with the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Europe's security environment, Ukraine and Russia's economic outlook, the stability of markets have been thrown into the air and are in the process of reshuffling. 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The detention centre breakout that occurred in the Sungai Bakap Immigration Depot is a larger issue of Malaysia’s major policy failure in its treatment of refugees in the country.

MOSCOW, Russia--Russian Defence Ministry said, that in order to accuse Russia of an alleged missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station, Kiev regime has posted on social media pictures of Tochka-U missile launchers that took part in "Union Courage 2022" Russian-Belarusian exercise in February.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Parliament on 23 March narrowly rejected a motion to extend the effective period of a security law that allows detention without charge for up to 28 days.