Rizal Rozhan
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-068-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 4.210484
Longitude: 101.975766
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Malaysia
- From Region
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER), who delivered a statement on behalf of the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
- Type of rights defended
- LGBTIQ rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
who delivered a statement on behalf of the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) on 14 March 2019 during the deliberation of Malaysia’s UPR outcome session
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UPR
- Dates of engagement
- 14 March 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- after 14 March 2019
- Reprisal information
were harassed and criticized online for ‘interfering’ in issues of freedom of religion and belief in Malaysia and spreading incorrect information at the Human Rights Council.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- Online harassment
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Non-state actor(s)
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- Yes
- Which State raised the case at the UN and when?
In June 2019, BENELUX raised the case at the 41st session of the Human Rights Council under item 5: 'We would like to draw your attention on specific allegations of intimidation and reprisals that have been reported in a recent past and which are a source of concern for our countries. It relates notably to NGO representatives who contributed to the UPR process, such as among others Dora Mesa, Executive Director of ACDEI and Juan Antonio Madrazo Luna Coordinator of the CIR in Cuba: Rizal Rohan and Numan Afifi who are members of a coalition of Malaysian NGO's;'
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0