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Covid, scabies, beatings: A refugee's story in M'sian detention
Malaysiakini has retracted this article following a request.
4 months ago
RCI needed to reform immigration, Suaram tells Home Ministry
'Address systemic factors that lead to abusive conditions in detention centres.'
5 months ago
Detention options: Ministry studying community-based programmes
Saifuddin says it is also learning from Thailand on other methods.
Hariz Mohd
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a year ago
Govt urged to release children in immigration depots, detention centres
Detention of any form is never in a child’s best interest, says End Detention Network.
a year ago
UN urges govt to restore monitoring access to detention centres
UPDATED 8.28PM | Human rights commissioner urges review of 'colonial-era' laws.
Isabelle Leong
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a year ago
Minister doubles down, calls migrant abuse report 'irresponsible'
Hope govt's 'more credible' explanation will neutralise accusations, Saifuddin says.
Zarrah Morden, Alyaa Alhadjri, Shamz Johan
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a year ago
Saifuddin chided for brushing off report on tortured detainees
Rights groups urge govt to grant them access to detention centres.
Martin Vengadesan
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a year ago
Custodial abuse claims: LFL calls Saifuddin's dismissal 'ridiculous'
Zaid says abuse allegation at Kimanis detention centre very serious.
2 years ago
YOURSAY | Hamzah, they didn’t come here to die in our detention camps
'Each time he says something, it stinks of pure arrogance.'
Yoursay
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3 years ago
Nurul Izzah urges for update on migrant kids in detention centres
Support the most vulnerable segments of society, the MP says.
Geraldine Tong
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3 years ago
Hamzah: 104 detention depot escapees still at large
At 7pm yesterday, 424 of the 528 escapees have been re-arrested.
3 years ago
Why detain refugees if govt can't deport them? – Suhakam
Their concerns include grounds of arrest and manner of detention.
Alyaa Alhadjri
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3 years ago
Escapees broke out of immigration depot using bare hands - DG
Earlier this morning, 528 inmates fled the depot.
Bernama
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3 years ago
Unicef voices concern about the safety of migrant children in Libya
These are the children held in detention centres in Tripoli.
Bernama
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3 years ago
Singaporean's detention by M'sian authorities was illegal, court decides
Immigration failed to produce detainee, 63, before a magistrate within 14 days.
Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid
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4 years ago
Police identifying 5 facilities to be used as temporary detention depots
National Service Training Programme camps, Kem Bina Negara, and other suitable facilities being considered.
Bernama
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4 years ago
APPGM: Seizing buildings as detention depots may cause Covid-19 outbreak
The bipartisan parliamentary group says such a move will also create a logistics and resources nightmare.
4 years ago
MPs, senators across the aisle unite over prison reform
A bipartisan committee has been set up to resolve overcrowded prisons and detention centres.
4 years ago
KK temporary detention centre to be under EMCO from Nov 3-16
Minister also announces the end of the EMCO at the Alor Setar Prison in Kedah tomorrow.
Bernama
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4 years ago
Lawyers warned of Covid-19 risk at detention centre
COVID-19 | KL Bar warns members to take extra precautions when attending to clients at Jinjang remand centre.
4 years ago
Indonesian, M'sian human rights commissions want detention centre reform
Indonesian deportees claim they witnessed beatings, disinfectant baths, child labour and more while held at Sabah centres.
Annabelle Lee
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4 years ago
Deported Indonesian migrants say they were abused, treated in degrading manner
National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia says violations of human rights 'took place systematically and on an immense scale...'
5 years ago
Two children died in immigration detention in the past 5 years
Both died of bacterial infection, says Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin in a written reply in Parliament.
5 years ago
YOURSAY | Root cause of undocumented migrants is poor enforcement
‘Who let them in and sustained their presence with countless amnesty exercises?’
Yoursay
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5 years ago
16 new Covid-19 cases, including at fifth detention centre
CORONAVIRUS | The new cases comprise three imported infections and 13 local transmissions.
5 years ago
Covid-19: Mother and 4-year-old son from Bukit Jalil detention centre test positive
UPDATED 7.37PM | CORONAVIRUS | The boy is believed to be the first child in detention to test positive for Covid-19.
Annabelle Lee
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5 years ago
NGO chief bombarded with hate comments for posting on refugees
Even told to "hang herself", Heidy Quah says it's her worst experience throughout fighting for refugees for the past 10 years.
5 years ago
Fresh Covid-19 outbreaks highlight failure to regulate cramped quarters - MTUC
CORONAVIRUS | New outbreaks have been detected at the Semenyih and Sepang immigration detention centres.
5 years ago
MCO violators will not be stuffed into lockups, minister assures
UPDATED 4.45PM | CORONAVIRUS | Meanwhile,165 have been charged for violating the order, with one case sentenced to 4 months jail.
5 years ago
Yoursay: Immigration detainees deserve better treatment
YOURSAY | 'Let's have a little more care and sympathy for our fellow human beings.'
Yoursay
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6 years ago
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