Read the original article here Press Release from the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality 24 September 2012 Not a routine investigation The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) strongly condemns the government’s selective harassment of human rights group…
Read the original article here Public morality outrage Friday, September 14, 2012 -by Press release Malaysia maintains “public morality” in the ASEAN human rights declaration; SEA Women to appeal again to foreign ministers. Malaysia continues to resist the…
Hong Kong’s Transcontinental Adventurer Premieres on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel and the National Geographic Channel 10 Episodes, 10 Countries, 10 Humanitarian Stories 25,000 Kilometres in 125 Days Hong Kong (DATE) - On Sunday 26 August 2012,…
Today, Malaysian NGOs launched a report called CEDAW and Malaysia: Malaysian Non-Government Organisations’ Alternative Report assessing the Government’s progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). “NGOs became…
JAG Statement: Consider the needs and perspectives of our young 30 August 2012 The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is concerned that “consensual sex” between a young adult and a child can result in a binding over sentence…
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/15/nation/11858155&sec=nation Wednesday August 15, 2012 The Star Apply for review of bowler’s rape case decision, A-G urged By SARBAN SINGH and HAN KAR KAY SEREMBAN: The Attorney-General should apply for a judicial review of the Court of Appeal's…
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/12/nation/11845068&sec=nation Sunday August 12, 2012 JAG: Clarify judgment on bowler By YUEN MEIKENG PETALING JAYA: Women's groups have urged the judiciary to clarify its judgment in allowing a national bowler to escape jail for committing statutory rape on…
PRESS STATEMENT Joint Action Group For Gender Equality (JAG) urges Judiciary to Clarify Judgement Yesterday, the Court of Appeal unanimously decided to overturn a High Court decision sentencing national bowler, Noor Afizal Azizan to five years in jail…
July 16, 2012 Civil Society Organisations Deeply Concerned by On-going violence against Stateless Rohingya in Myanmar and their Refoulement from Bangladesh The stateless Rohingya of Myanmar have suffered from extreme persecution and discrimination for decades. They are now facing another…
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42175&Cr=ngo&Cr1= Malaysia: UN rights experts call for the protection of NGOs working for free and fair elections GENEVA (7 June 2012) – A group of United Nations human rights experts called on the Government of Malaysia and other parties…
