Full Coverage: Malaysia

06.03.2008 Due to "government restraints on expression, assembly and access to state media," Malaysians will not be voting in a free and fair election this Saturday, says an international human rights monitor.
From: Human Rights Watch

14.02.2008 Creating a "pivotal" moment in Malaysian history, human rights activists and other non-governmental leaders are mobilizing to participate in the upcoming general elections, unexpectedly announced alongside Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's dissolution of parliament this Wednesday.

24.01.2008 The death sentence imposed on a young Malaysian woman caught smuggling narcotics by Beijing authorities has aroused condemnation among Malaysians who are now questioning their own country's death penalty.

08.01.2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (IPS) - In a move that may hurt Malaysia's multi-religious social fabric the government has announced that certain Arabic words like 'Allah' cannot be used in the literature, gospel, and speeches of non-Muslim faiths.

19.12.2007 The Internet is set to play a critical role in poverty eradication efforts by providing unprecedented access to knowledge to the poor billions, according to experts gathered at a global knowledge conference. Hosted by the Global Knowledge Partnership, a multi-stakeholder platform by and for various sectors, the summit was a celebration of ten years of partnerships and the sharing of knowledge for the common goal of ICTs for development.

10.12.2007 By weaving and selling environmentally friendly baskets, a group of once disadvantaged women in Malaysia are now able to make a living.

07.12.2007 YK:n Balin ilmastoneuvotteluissa jaettiin valtioita vuohiin ja lampaisiin. Hyvikseksi on nousemassa Kiina, jonka asennoituminen ilmastonmuutokseen on muuttunut selvästi viime vuosina. Moitteita keräävät erityisesti Malesia, Saudi Arabia, Japani ja Kanada.

07.12.2007 China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.

27.11.2007 Over 20,000 Malaysian Hindus partook in a peaceful demonstration this weekend, demanding access to employment, education, and business opportunities allegedly reserved, by the government, for the majority ethnic Malay population.

24.06.2007 Kehittyvien maiden välinen Tieteen, Teknologian ja Innovaation keskus päätettiin perustaa YK:n johdolla Malesiaan. Malesian ministeriön hallinnoima keskus tukee Etelä-Etelä -välistä teknologian siirtoa, säännösten luomista sekä maiden välistä tutkimusta ja yhteistyötä.

20.06.2007 The July/August issue of World Watch Magazine covers a broad range of topics, including the impact of toilet paper on climate change, carbon offsets 101 and palm oil plantations in Malaysia.

18.06.2007 Decades of irregular migration to Malaysia have resulted in large numbers of undocumented children living alone on the street with no family ties and a government that does not recognize them as citizens.

07.06.2007 The third World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF3) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 10-11 December 2007. The meeting is expected to attract broadcast executives, policy makers, academics, journalists, visionaries and decision makers from around the world. The agenda will include the safety of journalists and preserving the world's audiovisual archives. Read on...

12.04.2007 For a second time, Malaysian police in Sarawak have dismantled a blockade set up by members of the Penan tribe to protect their rainforest land from logging by Malaysian company Samling.

05.04.2007 Malaysian authorities have seized several Chinese fishing boats off the northern coast of Borneo carrying cargoes of endangered -- and protected -- marine turtles.

12.02.2007 A declaration to conserve the “Heart of Borneo” was officially signed today, committing three governments - Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia - to the conservation and sustainable management of one of the world's most important centres of biological diversity.

09.02.2007 Difficulty of accessing information on flood prevention and poor information on aid distribution in the wake of recent floods in Malaysia are condemned in a new report by an international freedom of expression organisation.

29.11.2006 India-based Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) is organising the Asian Telecentre Forum 2007 conference from 6-8 February 2007 at the Palace of the Golden Horses, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The last date for submission of abstracts is 15th December 2006.

15.11.2006 Maan ystävät vaatii Nestettä luopumaan palmuöljystä energiaratkaisuna. Neste Oil suunnittelee käyttävänsä palmuöljyä biodieselinsä pääasiallisena raaka-aineena, kun sen Porvoon jalostamo aloittaa toimintansa 2007. Tänään julkistettu Finnwatchin raportti "Palmuöljystä biopolttoainetta" osoittaa, ettei palmuöljyn energiakäyttö voi olla kestävällä pohjalla.

20.09.2006 A training program has helped eight Malaysian women break through the barriers of gender discrimination and disability to find jobs that allow them to work from home.