五十六国外人权组织联署
促政府停止骚扰人民之声

大马政府对国内著名人权组织人民之声“磨刀霍霍”之际，56个国外人权组织今天发表联合声明，力促政府立即停止骚扰人民之声的举动。

这些组织除了国际组织，也来自尼泊尔、阿富汗、缅甸、柬埔寨、蒙古、菲律宾、澳洲、印尼、中国、印度、斯里兰卡等国家。

抨结社自由受钳制

他们在今天文告强调，人民之声是基于在社团法令下，要注册成为合法团体障碍重重，才无奈在公司法令下注册成为一家公司。而国内众多民间组织也都面对同样的问题。

他们更批评，这种情况显示，大马结社自由受到严重的钳制。

接受外国援助无罪

其次，他们也强烈谴责大马政府企图抹黑接受外国援助的组织，尤其人民之声。

这些组织表明，人民之声推动大马人权的努力受到国内外的肯定，而且没有任何资料显示接受外国援助触犯了大马任何的法令。

他们也提醒，大马政府过去也接受了外国的发展援助。

执法机构公正调查

他们也响应国内136个民间组织之前要求政府停止攻击人民之声，同时尊重和肯定正当人权工作的呼声。

这56个组织也敦促大马执法机构必须执行公正不阿的调查。

联署今天文告的国际或区域人权组织包括：

1. Accountability Watch Committee, Nepal
2. Afghan Women Protection Educational Institute (AWPEI), Afghanistan
3. Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Indonesia
4. Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)
5. Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)
6. Asia-Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC)
7. Asian Centre for Human Rights
8. Asian Centre for the Progress of Peoples
9. Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
10. Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
11. Bytes for All, Pakistan
12. Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), Cambodia
13. Cambodian Food and Service Worker Federation (CFSWF), Cambodia
14. Cambodian Independent Civil Servant Association (CICA), Cambodia
15. Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Cambodia
16. Cambodian Worker Centre for Development (CWCD), Cambodia
17. Cambodian Youth Network (CYN), Cambodia
18. Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD,) Mongolia
19. Centre for Migrant Advocacy, Philippines (CMA-Phils), the Philippines
20. Centre for Refugee Research, University of New South Wales, Australia
21. Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC), Cambodia
22. Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Komisi Untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan – KontraS), Indonesia
23. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
24. Dignity International
25. Education and Research Association for Consumers, (ERA Consumer), Malaysia
26. Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, Hong Kong, China
27. Human Rights Defenders-Pilipinas (HRDP), the Philippines
28. Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), Indonesia
29. Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA), Cambodia
30. Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (IMPARSIAL), Indonesia
31. INHURED International, Nepal
32. Institute for Defense Security and Peace Studies (IDSPS), Indonesia
33. Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM), Indonesia
34. International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
35. Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw), Thailand
36. Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP), Timor Leste
37. Justice for Peace Foundation (JPF), Thailand
38. Korean House for International Solidarity (KHIS), South Korea
39. Korean Public Interest Lawyers’ Group (GONGGAM), South Korea
40. Law and Society Trust (LST), Sri Lanka
41. LIBERTAS, the Philippines
42. LICADHO Canada
43. Management and Organizational Development for Empowerment (MODE), the Philippines
44. Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA)
45. National Alliance Timor Leste for International Tribunal (ANTI), Timor Leste
46. Noor Education Community Development Organization (NECDO), Afghanistan
47. Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders – a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
48. Odhikar, Bangladesh
49. Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), the Philippines
50. Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), India
51. People’s Watch, India
52. Refugee Council of Australia, Australia
53. SETARA Institute of Democracy and Peace, Indonesia
54. Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
55. Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), Taiwan
56. Think Centre, Singapore