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Malaysia

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports

  • State Department - Country Civil Documents
  • Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
    • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014
 

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Children

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Child Soldiers Global International - 2008

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Elections

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race

Foreign Government Reports
  • Australia Country Research Section (CRS)
    • Malaysia Ethnicity - July 2009 (PDF
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • World Directory of Minorities - Overview
  • Minority Rights Group International - State of the World's Minorities - 2016

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Chinese

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • World Directory of Minorities - Chinese

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Indians

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • World Directory of Minorities - Indians

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Orang Asli

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Gender

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch
    • Help Wanted: Abuses against Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia - July 2004

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Human Rights

US Government Reports Non-Government Organization Reports

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Justice System

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • A historic opportunity: Ensuring an effective police commission in Malaysia - July 2020
    • A Blow to Humanity: Torture by Judicial Caning in Malaysia - 2010
  • Human Rights Watch
    • “We Can’t See the Sun” Malaysia’s Arbitrary Detention of Migrants and Refugees - Mar.  2024
    • Creating a culture of fear - the criminalization of peaceful expression in Malaysia - 2015
    • "No Answers, No Apology": Police Abuses and Accountability in Malaysia - April 2014
    • Convicted Before Trial: Indefinite Detention Under Malaysia's Emergency Ordinance - August 2006
    • Detained Without Trial: Abuse of Internal Security Act Detainees in Malaysia - Sept 2005
    • In the Name of Security: Counterterrorism and Human Rights Abuses Under Malaysia's Internal Security Act - May 2004

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Maps

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Medical Availability

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International 
    • Asia and the Pacific: “Pandemic or not, we have the right to live”: The urgent need to address structural barriers undermining transgender people’s rights across Asia and the Pacific - Nov. 2022
  • World Health Organization Page

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Political Figures and Parties

Refugees / IDPs

US Government Reports
  • U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - Rohingya Refugees – Oct. 2020

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch
    • “We Can’t See the Sun” Malaysia’s Arbitrary Detention of Migrants and Refugees - Mar.  2024
    • Aceh Under Marital Law: Problems Faced by Acehnese Refugees in Malaysia - April. 2004
  • International Displacement Monitoring Centre
    • Disaster Displacement In Asia And The Pacific - Sept. 2022

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Religion

US Government Reports
  • State Department International Religious Freedom Report -
  • US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
    • USCIRF Special Reports
      • Report on The Bureaucratization of Religion in Southeast Asia - Sept. 2023
      • Ahmadiyya Persecution Factsheet - Oct. 2021
      • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Oct. 2022,  Dec. 2020

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 Sexual Orientation

Foreign Government Reports

  • UK Home Office Report - Country Policy and Information Note
    • Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (June 2022) - Updated - Sept. 2022
    • Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression - June 2020

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International 
    • Asia and the Pacific: “Pandemic or not, we have the right to live”: The urgent need to address structural barriers undermining transgender people’s rights across Asia and the Pacific - Nov. 2022
  • Human Rights Watch - "I'm Scared to Be a Woman" Human Rights Abuses Against Transgender People in Malaysia - Sept 2014
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Specific Country Issues - Migrant Labor

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Trapped: The Exploitation of Migrant Workers in Malaysia - 2010
  • Human Rights Watch
    • "They Deceived Us at Every Step" - Abuse of Cambodian Domestic Workers Migrating to Malaysia - Nov. 2011
    • Help Wanted: Abuses against Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia - July 2004

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Speech / Press / Internet

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch
    • Deepening the Culture of Fear: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Malaysia - Oct. 2016
    • Creating a Culture of Fear: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Malaysia - Oct 2015
  • Freedom House

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Timeline

Trafficking

U.S. Government Reports
  • State Department Trafficking in Persons Report - 2022, 2021

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - East Asia and the Pacific - 2009

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Terrorism

US Government Reports

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Torture

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • A Blow to Humanity: Torture by Judicial Caning in Malaysia - 2010
Updated March 6, 2024