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Joint Statement: Malaysia Must Close The Gaps in Death Penalty Reforms Now
Indefinite Detention of ‘Juvenile’ Offenders
Young, Dumb, and A Long Time in Prison: What I Learnt from A Teenager Who Spent 24 Years in Kajang Prison
While he waited for his end in prison, he heard of his father’s passing. He hears snippets of his family, their struggles and their lives outside, a story that often comes laced with hopes that he would be part of that story in the future. I could not imagine the lost opportunities, lost friendships, and lost love that Amal experienced because of his sentence
HAYAT Welcomes Stay of Execution for Pannir Selvam, Urges Cross-Border Cooperation
Imminent Execution of Pannir Selvam: Malaysian Police and Home Ministry Should Immediately Investigate Johor Drug Trafficking Activities
#SavePannir: How Do We Hold Drug Syndicates Accountable in Singapore and Malaysia?
While individuals like Pannir Selvam face execution, powerful drug syndicates continue to operate with impunity. How can Singapore and Malaysia reform their drug enforcement policies to target the real masterminds? Explore legal gaps and our proposed policy solutions. #SavePannir
Pardons Are Not A Tool for Justice: Lessons from Najib Razak’s House Arrest Debate
Joint Statement: End Drug-Related Executions in Singapore and Strengthen ASEAN Cooperation
Clemency Petition: Release Quadriplegic Transwoman Thanakorn Sinsanoi from Pokok Sena Prison
Statement: House Arrest - Expanding Rehabilitative Justice
Malaysia is expanding house arrest in its criminal justice system. What needs to happen for this to work?
Article: The Buzz Around House Arrest
Podcast: What Changed Since Malaysia Abolished the Mandatory Death Penalty?
HAYAT speaks to BFM on post-abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia.
Pelantikan Dato Seri Mohd Hishamudin Sebagai Pengerusi SUHAKAM
Pelantikan Dato Seri Hishamudin Yunus adalah amat disambut baik selepas cabaran yang melanda SUHAKAM dalam beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini. HAYAT percaya sejarah beliau sebagai seorang hakim yang tegas mempertahankan prinsip-prinsip hak asasi berlandaskan perlembagaan negara dan pengalaman beliau sebagai pesuruhjaya SUHAKAM sebelum ini akan memperkasakan SUHAKAM dan memperjuangkan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia.
Malaysia’s Drug Treatment Bill: Will It Really Fix the Crisis?
HAYAT Statement on a bill which poses to affect more than 40,000 people incarcerated for minor drug offences, and impacts more than 120,000 persons arrested for drug offences on an annual basis.
Malaysia Supports Torture
A controversial take that is comparable and equivalent to what the Minister of Home Affairs, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail position when asked about Malaysia’s ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT).
World Drug Day: Lack of ASEAN Cooperation Fuels Exploitation of Low-level Couriers by Drug Trafficking Syndicates
A joint statement by HAYAT, Suara Rakyat Malaysia, NoBox Philippines, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat (LBHM), and Reprieve for World Drug Day 2024.
Report to the 88th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Absolute drug bans contribute to corruption in M'sia
Is Malaysia ready to treat drug addiction effectively?
It all begins with an idea.