Eleven civil society groups jointly issued a statement in conjunction with the 45th anniversary of the formation of Malaysia. In particular, the eleven groups outline their stand in regards to the Pakatan Rakyat's stated plan to take over the BN-led government through crossover of members of parliament.

Human rights watchdog, SUARAM reports that the state of human rights in Malaysia has gone from "bad to worse", and freedom of expression and information have not seen improvements.

Civil society groups have come together to urge the journalists' association, police and the government to ensure the safety of journalists following another attack on 11 June, when thirty people assaulted a reporter from the Sin Chew Daily who was on duty covering a road accident.

The Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) stresses that media freedom must be made amongst the top priority in the post-March 8 democratization agenda.

As Malaysians go to vote tomorrow, the Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reforms wishes all 16 candidates who have endorsed its mission statement and Operation Private Members Bills a positive outcome.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tuesdays have been declared a paper-free day by the Committee to Boycott the Mainstream Media to send a message that the people want honest and credible reporting in light of misinformation and dishonest news.

Twenty members and volunteers of civil society groups today distributed 11,000 leaflets on various social justice issues within two hours here today.The joint leafleting activity involving several NGOs was held in conjunction with the International Right to Know Day that falls on 28 September every year to raise citizens' awareness on their right of access [...]

On July 9th, an UMNO official, Mohamad Norza Zakaria reportedly called for bloggers who criticizes government leaders to be arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The statement came after blogger Tian Chua, who is also an opposition party leader for the People Justice Party, published a digitally manipulated photo featuring the deputy Prime Minister [...]

It is absurd that Malaysians are asked to put up with an anti-corruption agency (ACA) chief who is saddled with corruption charges himself, said Aliran in a media statement.

Civil society groups disagreed with government's approval of the the new Ethnic Relation module without calling for public participation in the drafting process. The module should be given another two months in order for the public to fill in the vacumm, the groups urged in their joint statement.