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Malaysia after GE-15: ‘A Government with No Direction'

B. Skanthakumar — 2023-02-13T11:12:08Z

“Malaysia's 15th general election (GE-15) on 19 November 2022 resulted in no single political coalition commanding a majority in the 222-seat federal legislature.”

- IV577 - February 2023 / Malaysia

Malaysia's “Second Emergency” (1968–89)

Gregor Benton — 2018-06-13T14:34:12Z

The impact of revolutionary developments in Vietnam and China on the May events of 1968 in France and other Western countries has long been acknowledged. Less notice has been paid outside Asia to their repercussions on other Southeast Asian countries, which also experienced a revolutionary high tide in 1968. The upsurge of armed struggle in Malaysia in 1968 is rarely mentioned in general studies on the period, and is not often talked about even in Malaysia.

- Features / Malaysia, Historical events and figures, 1968

Malaysia: Police raid at the offices of Bersih 2.0 and arbitrary arrest

2016-11-19T08:05:09Z

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Malaysia.

- News from around the world / Malaysia

Elections stolen: people power the answer

Lachlan Marshall — 2013-07-20T13:23:05Z

May, 2013
Malaysia's ruling party managed to narrowly hold power in elections in May, but only as a result of a rigged electoral system and widespread fraud. Over 50,000 protesters expressed their anger at the result on the Wednesday following the elections in Kuala Lumpur, undeterred by police declaring the demonstration illegal. The elections were the closest in Malaysia's history, where the ruling Barisan Nasional (BNâ€”National Front) has been in power continuously since independence (…)

- IV462 - July 2013 / Malaysia

PSM activists discharged but not acquitted

Susan Loone — 2011-10-11T14:06:10Z

The 24 Parti Sosialis Malaysia activists facing charges under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and Societies Act were given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by a Butterworth sessions court today.

- News from around the world / Malaysia

Malaysian Socialist Party 6 released

2011-08-05T07:32:55Z

On 29 July 2011, six members of the Malaysian Socialist Party who had been detained since July 2 under an "Emergency Ordinance" on undefined charges were released frome Jinjang police station, following public outrage and sustained protests over their arbitrary detention.

- News from around the world / Asia, Malaysia

"Why I am a socialist and intend to remain so"

Jeyakumar Devaraj — 2011-07-20T14:51:03Z

Jeyakumar Devaraj and 29 members of the Parti Sosialis Malaysia have been detained in Penang, charged with attempting to revive the Communist Party and waging war against the King. These are extremely serious charges although there is no evidence to support them. A worldwide protest is being organised against this harsh detention.

- IV438 - July 2011 / Malaysia

Repression in Kuala Lumpur – Solidarity with the 6 comrades of the PSM

Danielle Sabai — 2011-07-19T22:21:05Z

With general elections scheduled for 2013, the Malaysian government is trying desperately to muzzle any form of opposition. The Coalition for Free and Fair Elections, created in 2006 and known under the name of Bersih, has launched a new campaign, Bersih 2, with the aim of changing the electoral law before the elections. The coalition is made up of 62 non-governmental organisations of civil society and supported by opposition political parties. Bersih 2 has an eight point program which demands notably a three week electoral campaign, verification of the electoral lists, the prevention of fraud, proportional access to the media, and an end to corruption.

- IV438 - July 2011 / Malaysia

Release PSM political detainees immediately!

2011-07-13T14:40:40Z

Stop the charade and release the remaining 6 PSM's political detainee immediately. The six PSM leaders are now being detained without trial under the draconian Emergency Ordinance – the Other ISA. Till now, they have been denied access to legal representatives and family visits. We are worried for their safety and their well being. We demand their immediate unconditional release.

- News from around the world / Malaysia

Malaysia between change and political tension

Danielle Sabai — 2009-04-02T19:16:58Z

The elections of Saturday March 8, 2008 represented an earthquake in Malaysian political life. The ruling coalition, the Barisan Nasional (BN, National Front) and its main party, the United Malays National Organisation (UNMO) suffered their most significant electoral defeat since independence in 1957.

- IV411 - April 2009 / Malaysia