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.

Memorandum ini dikemukakan susulan siri insiden kepolisan yang menimbulkan kebimbangan serius terhadap perlindungan hak asasi manusia, prinsip keadilan, serta tahap akauntabiliti dan profesionalisme pasukan keselamatan di Malaysia. Insiden-insiden ini tidak boleh dilihat sebagai kes terpencil, sebaliknya memperlihatkan pola kegagalan yang berulang dan bersifat sistemik.

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) acknowledges Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution’s reasserted commitment to tabling amendments to the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) in the upcoming July/August parliamentary sitting.

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