NewsOn the 7th of September 2015, the meeting of Women Parliamentarians for ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (WAIPA) has been held at Dewan Sarawak Hotel Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The acknowledgment of gender equality in the agenda of the post development 2015 are among the three resolutions achieved. The two remaining resolutions are encouraging the culture of respecting women and girls rights towards inclusiveness and also increasing the legal framework regarding violence…

 According to the news published in CNN on 16th July, 2015, the killing of a 13 year old vegetable vendor named Samiul Alam Rajon who was accused of theft, has triggered angry protests in Bangladesh after the footage of the killing went viral on social media. The clip shows the victim tied to a post and beaten to death with a metal rod, while his attackers laugh and jeer during…

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres travelled to Turkey to mark World Refugee Day as a gesture of support to the country as the biggest refugee-hosting nation in the world, largely as a result of conflict in Iraq and Syria, where the war has entered its 5th year.

On 8thJune 2015, an article written by Dr. Muzaffar Syah Mallow at Utusan News stated that it is time the Government evaluate and update all the legal provisions to curb the issue of human smuggling and trafficking. Malaysia has completely banned any forms of activities which involves human trafficking and smuggling through the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants 2007 (Act 670). This case arose as a result of…