Regressive Amendments to Citizenship Rights on the Horizon: Fight Back!

Robyn Choi, Deputy President, National Human Rights Society (HAKAM) | Nurainie Haziqah, Probono Lawyer, Development of Human Resources for Rural Areas (DHRRA) Malaysia | Sharmila Sekaran, Co-Founder, Voice of Children

24-Oct-23 14:00

Regressive Amendments to Citizenship Rights on the Horizon: Fight Back!

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Recently, 18 civil society organisations have come together to launch a campaign urging the Home Ministry to hold off – in their words – “regressive” alterations to the nation’s citizenship laws that would perpetuate statelessness among children. However, the coalition also advocates for “progressive” revisions that would grant automatic Malaysian citizenship to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers. This campaign is called the #100. In this episode, we speak to the activists behind this campaign to discuss how Malaysians can fight back against these amendments.

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories: Law/Activism

Tags: citizenship rights, citizenship, constitutional rights, constitutional amendment, human rights, stateless,

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