Call on NGOs to meet over human rights issues


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 02 Aug 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in human rights should attend the first national consultation by NGOs to discuss issues to be highlighted in Malaysia's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

“We would like to assess the state of human rights in Malaysia with the NGOs and prepare a report,” Dignity International adviser Jerald Joseph told a press conference here.

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