On 23 July, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on countries’ obligations to address climate change ...

Malaysia is one of the few countries in the world that has attained parity across genders at the tertiary education level. In ...

Putrajaya has decided to reopen foreign worker quota applications for selected sectors and subsectors to meet immediate ...

A video circulating online shows two protesters outside the Egyptian Mission to the UN in New York being forcibly dragged inside and assaulted by staff members. The two, one a minor, were protesting ...

The peninsula is home to 18 Orang Asli tribes that make up 0.8% of the country’s population, but despite indigenous status they have been denied a litany of rights under both the Constitution and the ...

We, the undersigned civil society groups and institutional specialists, are reassured that the “Madani” (civil and trustworthy) government is finally taking steps to fulfil its promise to create a ...

We stand in solidarity with Arutchelvan and all human rights defenders. Protesting for rights must never be treated as a ...

Aliran is deeply disturbed by the arrest or detention of PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan this evening. We note that ...

Malaysia's human rights commission questions the arrest of an Egyptian student who staged a peaceful protest in solidarity ...

The public outcry over Zara Qairina’s death underscores the urgent need to safeguard children who face criminal charges. Dr Farah Nini Dusuki, the children’s commissioner at the national human rights ...

Twelve opposition groups have formed a loose coalition to put pressure on the government and to lobby on issues they deem neglected by policymakers. Is this a genuine effort to strengthen opposition ...

According to estimates, there are around four to six million migrant workers in Malaysia, both documented and undocumented combined. There are also about 300,000–400,000 refugees in the country. They ...