Category Archives: Joint Statements

PRESS STATEMENT BY Jawatankuasa Pertahankan Taman Merdeka Negara (PTMN)

On 1 & 2 July 2013, PTMN together with community residents submitted letters of objection [...]

Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM) Calls for Language and Cultural Diversity and Protection of Mother Tongue

Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM) is surprised and shocked over the call by 130 pro-UMNO NGOs, [...]

Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM) Calls for Immediate Implementation of IPCMC

These days Malaysians go to bed with the shocking news of a custodial death only [...]

GBM AGAINST RACISM – IN MALAYSIA!

Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM), a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and non-partisan organisation  representing 25 NGOs is greatly [...]

An Appeal to MPs To Monitor Jalan Sultan MRT Issue by PJSC

The KVMRT project to be built underground along Jalan Sultan has affected 34 shoplots which [...]

‘Merdeka March for Jalan Sultan’ on National Day Eve

The Preservation Of Jalan Sultan and Jalan Bukit Bintang Committee (PJSBBC) together with The Youth [...]

50 Youth Association: Perkasa Made Malicious Distorted “Justice for Lim Lian Geok” Campaign to Create Racial Chaos

The Youth Associations feel strongly disagree about Perkasa’s action to lodge police reports nationwide against [...]

Another Death at MACC! Civil Society Organisations demand Immediate Investigation and Justice!

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are appalled by the news of another death at [...]

Joint Statement: Drop Interlok and Malay Supremacy From Form 5 Bahasa Malaysia Subject

We, the undersigned organizations, express our opposition to the decision by the Education Ministry to [...]

Civil Society Joint Statement: Let the Sarawakian Diaspora Vote by Postal Ballot

We the undersigned civil society groups (CSGs) call upon the Election Commission (EC) to allow [...]

Civil Society Joint Statement: Drop Charge Against Suhaimi Shafiei, Uphold Citizens’ Freedom of Expression

We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Attorney General Chamber’s prosecution of Seri Muda Assemblyman [...]

Civil Society Joint Statement: RCI on Teoh Beng Hock’s Death to Redeem The State’s Failure

We, the undersigned civil society groups, are greatly disappointed by the “open verdict” delivered by [...]

Civil Society Joint Statement: Make Democracy the Only Game in Town

As a result, Malaysians have benefited tremendously from the vibrant competition between Barisan Nasional and [...]

Hishamuddin must resign as Home Minister for condoning violence and hatred

The most important issue in the cow-head incident is the threat of violence against the [...]

Civil Society Joint Statement:A Royal Commission of Inquiry on Beng Hock’s Death

Instead of appointing a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to study Beng Hock’s death and [...]

Joint Statement: Royal Commission of Inquiry on 1st Political Death under Najib

We demand:- (1) the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to independently and thoroughly [...]

MEMORANDUM: A Threat to the Right to Life and Environment

WE, the Bukit Koman Action Committee Against the Use of Cyanide in Mining of Gold [...]

Memorandum Demanding the Abolition of the Internal Security Act

  For the past 48 years, the ISA has been crippling the fundamental freedoms and [...]

No Sedition Act – Rationality Needs to Prevail in Ahmad Ismail Case

Joint Press Statement on 9th September 2008 We, the undersigned civil society groups, oppose the [...]

Malaysians Must Affirm Free Speech & Denounce Religious Intolerance

While it is necessary for all Malaysians to be mindful of religious sensitivities, such respect [...]

Civil Society Groups Express Solidarity With Raja Petra Kamarudin

We call on all Malaysians concerned with the freedom of information and speech to stand [...]

Reject Calls For The Use Of The Armed Forces In The Preservation Of Public Order

It will also make the recent statement of the Prime Minister that the security situation [...]

Civil Societies Views on the Fuel Price Increase Debate

The issue of the quantum of the increase and related issues of the role of [...]

Imminent downgrading of SUHAKAM: Government must take action

The International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC)’s recent notice to SUHAKAM for [...]

Abolish Sedition Act, Establish Anti-hatred Law

Currently, the Sedition Act criminalizes speeches, acts and publications which is seditious or having “seditious [...]

Banning the May 13 Book Signals Admission of Its Claims

CRC and WAMI believe that the only issue in the controversy surrounding the fast-selling book [...]

Joint Press Statement: In Defence of Family and Humanity

Personal freedom must be respected as human beings are created with free will. While communities [...]