SUARAM menggesa Kerajaan dan Jabatan Penjara Malaysia untuk memastikan komitmen ini dilaksanakan secara berkesan. Pemeriksaan penjara perlu dilakukan secara berkala dan bebas, dengan akses tanpa halangan kepada banduan dan maklumat berkaitan, serta setiap dapatan pelanggaran perlu disusuli dengan siasatan dan tindakan yang telus.

Kami, pertubuhan masyarakat sivil dan gerakan mahasiswa serta anak muda yang bertandatangan di bawah mengambil maklum perkembangan permohonan pengampunan oleh bekas Perdana Menteri Najib Razak. Kami menegaskan bahawa Najib Razak perlu menghabiskan baki hukuman beliau di dalam penjara, dan bukan sebagai tahanan rumah.

These two new cases come closely on the heels of the tragic incidents at Taiping Prison, proving that the state of our penal system remains critical, characterised by a severe lack of structural change, failing oversight mechanisms, and a culture of impunity.

Today, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Parliament is considering the introduction of a new Section 63A into the Prisons Act 1995. SUARAM is deeply concerned that this amendment comes just one month after SUHAKAM's Public Inquiry into Taiping Prison concluded that serious human rights violations had occurred.

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) condemns the arrest and detention of three activists - Hamdin Nordin, Ahsanul Akmal, and Muhammad Fakrurazzi - for their exercise of freedom of expression during the speech by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner Azam Baki at the World Trade Centre today. The activists, who were registered attendees of the forum, exercised their right to dissent in a manner that was entirely non-disruptive. By all accounts, Azam Baki wa

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) is alarmed by the arrest of at least six children under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 in February 2026.