We call upon the Malaysia government, to initiate engagements with Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous People in Malaysia to establish constructive collaboration.
In Malaysia, dishonesty in the governance system and process of approving projects often lacks transparency, without proper Free, Prior, Informed, and Consent which impact land grabbing, logging operations, accusation against indigenous women at the court session, criminalization, and displacement.
In a quiet forest in central Perak, another small blockade has been erected by Orang Asli bent on defending their customary territories from loggers, who in turn are bent on profiting …
The new Pakatan Harapan government had set up a Council of Eminent Persons soon after coming into power. One of its main aim was to discuss national issues and put forth …