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Malaysia: Government Reveals Nearly 30,000 Foreigners Caned
The Malaysian government disclosed that almost 30,000 foreigners had been caned in five years. Unchecked abuses by...
March 27, 2011
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Case study: Nian Vung, a refugee caned in Malaysia after fleeing Myanmar
Document - Case study: Nian Vung, a refugee caned in Malaysia after fleeing Myanmar AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY AI index: ASA 28/015/2010 Strictly embargoed until 0230 GMT on 6 December 2010 Case study: Nian Vung, a refugee caned in Malaysia after fleeing Myanmar Nian Vung, 23, fled to Malaysia in 2008 to escape forced labour and other human rights violations by the military in Myanmar’s North West Chin state. After secretly crossing into Malaysia by land, he went to register as a refugee at the mobile registration unit of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the southern city…
March 27, 2011
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Malaysia: Government should halt the expansion of security forces accused of abuses
The Malaysian government should scrap plans to expand a state sponsored security force of civilian volunteers with a long...
March 27, 2011
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Malaysia: Refugees are Arrested, Abused and Denied the Right to Work
The Malaysian government should give refugees in the country the right to work, Amnesty International said today as it...
March 27, 2011
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Malaysia: Malaysia Urged to End Brutal Punishments After Women Caned
Amnesty International called on the Malaysian government to end caning after three women were subjected to the punishment...
March 27, 2011
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Malaysia: Amnesty International Says Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Faces ‘Show Trial’
Amnesty International has urged the Malaysian authorities to drop politically motivated criminal charges of sodomy against...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Malaysia: Government Reveals Nearly 30,000 Foreigners Caned
The Malaysian government disclosed that almost 30,000 foreigners had been caned in five years. Unchecked abuses by...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Case study: Nian Vung, a refugee caned in Malaysia after fleeing Myanmar
Document - Case study: Nian Vung, a refugee caned in Malaysia after fleeing Myanmar AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY AI index: ASA 28/015/2010 Strictly embargoed until 0230 GMT on 6 December 2010 Case study: Nian Vung, a refugee caned in Malaysia after fleeing Myanmar Nian Vung, 23, fled to Malaysia in 2008 to escape forced labour and other human rights violations by the military in Myanmar’s North West Chin state. After secretly crossing into Malaysia by land, he went to register as a refugee at the mobile registration unit of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the southern city…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Malaysia: Government should halt the expansion of security forces accused of abuses
The Malaysian government should scrap plans to expand a state sponsored security force of civilian volunteers with a long...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Malaysia: Refugees are Arrested, Abused and Denied the Right to Work
The Malaysian government should give refugees in the country the right to work, Amnesty International said today as it...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Malaysia: Malaysia Urged to End Brutal Punishments After Women Caned
Amnesty International called on the Malaysian government to end caning after three women were subjected to the punishment...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Malaysia: Amnesty International Says Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Faces ‘Show Trial’
Amnesty International has urged the Malaysian authorities to drop politically motivated criminal charges of sodomy against...
March 27, 2011