Solidarity with the people of Thailand for democracy

Joint Regional Left statement in solidarity with the people of Thailand for democracy 15 October 2020 A growing wave of student-initiated pro-democracy protests have been sweeping Thailand since February. They have united a new generation of activists with former Red Shirts and even some disaffected people from the Yellow Shirt movement demanding: 1) the resignation…

Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR) de-gazettement inconsistent with Malaysia’s international environmental and human rights obligations

PRESS STATEMENT10 OCTOBER 2020 We, representatives from various civil-society organisations, are writing to raise serious concerns related to the proposed development and de-gazettement of the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLFNR). Our organisations are extremely disappointed with the Selangor State government for the manner in which they handled the Town Hall Meeting that took place…

No to mass arrests of HDP members

Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) strongly condemns the latest round of mass arrests of members of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) by the Erdogan government in Turkey. Arrest warrants have been issued against 82 members of HDP yesterday, for their involvement in the solidarity protests in Turkey six years ago. Those protests were organised to…