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HINDRAF. Hindu Rights Action Force, better known by its acronym HINDRAF (Malay: Barisan Bertindak Hak-Hak Hindu, Tamil: இந்து உரிமைகள் போராட்டக் குழு, romanized: Intu Urimaikaḷ Pōrāṭṭak Kuḻu); is a Hindu - activism right-wing non-governmental organisation (NGO) with its renowned ...
Hinduism by country. Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in Malaysia. About 1.97 million Malaysian residents (6.1% of the total population) are Hindus, according to 2020 Census of Malaysia. [2] This is up from 1.78 million (6.3% of the total population) in 2010. [3] Most Malaysian Hindus are settled in western parts of Peninsular Malaysia.
Malaysiakini was founded by Premesh Chandran and Steven Gan in November 1999. [5] [6] Frustrated with the constraints they experienced while working for The Sun newspaper, Premesh and Gan decided to use the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) pledge to create a space for uncensored journalism.
Public universities in Malaysia are funded by the Government and are governed as self-managed institutions. Apart from the University of Malaya and the MARA University of Technology which were established by two separate enabling Acts of Parliament, [5] [6] [7] the other public universities in Malaysia were created by executive order as per the provisions of the Universities and University ...
The Human Rights Party Malaysia (Malay: Parti Hak Asasi Malaysia, abbreviated HRP) was a Malaysian human rights -based political party founded on 19 July 2009, led by human rights activist P.Uthayakumar. [1] Uthayakumar was the pro-tem Secretary General of HRP with the support of Uthayakumar's brother, P.Waythamoorthy, both leaders of Hindu ...
Waytha Moorthy left Malaysia on 26 November 2007 to obtain international support for HINDRAF's cause. [11] He began with India and planned to proceed to London, Geneva, Brussels, Washington DC, New York and Atlanta. BERNAMA, the Malaysian national news agency on 3 January 2008 reported that Waytha Moorthy said that the HINDRAF cause has been ...
This can be seen from the video clip of the protest caught by the popular Malaysian news online portal Malaysiakini. [3] Riot police use teargas and water cannon to break up the 2007 HINDRAF rally. This is in comparison to the 2007 HINDRAF rally where police brutality were obvious. Five thousand members riot police dispatched to the scene used ...
He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1994. Surendran practiced as a human rights lawyer, taking on cases of deaths in custody and representing the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF). [3] He co-founded Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) in 2011 and became a key member of the group. [4]