Author Archive for tenaganita

PRESS STATEMENT

SAVE MALAYSIA. ENSURE JUSTICE FOR ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE RAKYAT.
The recent developments to implicate the de facto leader of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in a sodomy charge is of deep concern to us when it is in the midst of a country faced with both economic crisis and […]

INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION FOR NCR LAND RIGHTS

28 April 2008
The continued arrest of indigenous community leaders by the police, acting in collusion with plantation companies in Sarawak must stop immediately. The recent arrests of five community leaders in the Kg. Wawasan area with trumped up charges organized by the company with the support of the police reflects the high handedness in which […]

STOP THE ARRESTS, DETENTION AND SALE OF REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA

Yesterday, Prime Minister, YAB Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched a fund for cyclone-hit Burma after Kuala Lumpur’s aid team landed in Rangoon. In his speech, he stated “We help them on humanitarian grounds, there is no politics in this matter. When there are people suffering, we Malaysians always offer assistance.”
We applaud the Prime Minister and […]

URGENT ACTION ALERT: STOP THE UNJUST AND INHUMAN ARRESTS AND DETENTION OF REFUGEES

Women and children refugees are leaving their homes and moving deeper and deeper into the jungles to escape arrest and detention by RELA and the Immigration authorities. Gripped with fear and uncertainty, hundreds of refugees face the risk of lack of food and of diseases in the jungles.
During the last few weeks, the Malaysian […]

WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN RAYUAN JENAYAH BIL: 41-190-2003 - IRENE V.M.FERNANDEZ -lwn- PENDAKWARAYA

WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN RAYUAN JENAYAH BIL: 41-190-2003
(Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Lumpur Kes Tangkap : A 83-195-96)
Irene V.M. Fernandez –lwn- Pendakwaraya
The longest running case in Malaysian legal history of Irene Fernandez, Director of Tenaganita will begin the appeal hearings from April 1 - 10, 2008 at the Criminal Court 1, High Court, 5th Floor, Jalan Duta, […]

STOP THE ARRESTS. RELEASE THE THREE AND RESPECT THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE

The arrests of P. Uthayakumar, P. Warthamoorthy and V. Ganapathy Rao, the key leaders of Hindraf once again the government of the day turning a stronger deaf year to the calls of the community to respect the rights of the Indian community and to address various issues of poverty and discrimination.

Memorandum on the Panel of Inquiry Concerning the Video Clip and the Independence of the Judiciary

The Steering Committee on Free the Judiciary, comprising of various organizations, political parties and individuals, views with serious concern and alarm the setting up of the panel of inquiry by the executive to look into the video clip scandal concerning the independence of the judiciary. The video clip recording of controversial lawyer V.K. Lingam speaking […]

OUTSOURCING COMPANIES AND THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS MUST BE MADE ACCOUNTABOE FOR THE ABUSE AND RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

The Ministry of Home Affairs, in particular the Immigration department should not mislead nor pretend over the recent chaos and fiasco in the recruitment and employment of foreign workers. The Home Ministry, we understand, has approved the recruitment of 300,000 workers from Bangladesh alone.
It is the Ministry of Home Affairs that decided the […]

TENAGANITA CONDEMNS THE USE OF VIOLENCE BY AGENTS ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION

110 workers were on their 5th Day of hunger strike over demands for salaries not paid for last six months and the need for the High Commission to intervene to assist them in their demands. These workers were employed by PTC, Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd is a labor recruiter cum contractor registered and approved by […]

STOP MURDER AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE: FREEZE RECRUITMENT OF DOMESTIC WORKERS

The Indonesian government has broken its silence. It calls on the Malaysian government to be more pro active in the protection of domestic workers in Malaysia and to make employers accountable.
The situation has become so bad that employers believe with arrogance that they can get away with murder. Kunasir, a […]




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