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Human rights NGOs say foreign funding is due to lack of gov't support
Published:  Dec 21, 2016 2:46 PM
Updated: 6:55 AM

Human rights non-governmental organisations today said they seek foreign funding because the government had been inconsistent with its support.

"The reality is that the Malaysian government is not known to be a consistent supporter of human rights work in terms of funding, exemplified by the significant cuts to Suhakam's (Human Rights Council) budget, thus forcing us to look elsewhere," the groups said in a statement today.

The joint statement was signed by the All Women’s Action Society (Awam), Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), National Human Rights Society (Hakam) Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (Empower), Tenaganita, the Perak Women for Women Society (PWW), Persatuan Sahabat Wanita, and the Women’s Centre for Change, Penang (WCC).

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