Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) mengalu-alukan penegasan Perdana Menteri bahawa orang awam mempunyai hak untuk berhimpun secara aman di hadapan Parlimen. Pendiran yang jelas ini menegaskan bahawa perhimpunan aman adalah satu hak perlembagaan — bukan satu kesulitan logistik — dan mengukuhkan kepentingan akses orang awam kepada institusi kuasa. Namun begitu, kami bimbang dengan penekanan terhadap isu trafik dan koordinasi sebagai syarat untuk melaksanakan hak perlembagaan ini. K

*The Malay translation of this statement is available below, following the English version. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) strongly condemns the arrest of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Deputy Chairperson S. Arutchelvan (“Arul”) under Sections 353 and 427 of the Penal Code. This arrest amounts to a clear abuse of police powers and process and reflects a longstanding pattern of intimidation against activists for exercising their constitutional right to peaceful assembly.  Arul

*The Malay translation of this statement is available below, following the English version. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) condemns the...

Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) is gravely concerned by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia’s (SUHAKAM) hesitation to lodge police reports against prison officers who have lied under oath during SUHAKAM’s ongoing public inquiry into the 17 January assault at Taiping Prison this year.

Sekretariat Himpun and the undersigned organisations condemn the obstruction by the police against peaceful protesters outside Parliament today as they submitted memoranda on the amendments to the Peaceful Assembly Act and the repeal of the Sedition Act.

The track record of Section 9(5) further undermines its necessity. Between 2020 and 2024, only four were charged under Section 9(5) out of 636 investigated—highlighting its limited prosecutorial value and waste of enforcement resources.