Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples. Story by Anita Hofschneider • 41m. O n October 20, 2022, Jeffery Nang, chief of the Rumah Jeffrey people in Malaysia ...

Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples New report says the government ignores local and international laws that protect Indigenous rights.

Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic ...

Malaysia’s chairmanship of ASEAN provides the region with the occasion to take a bold decision of elevating the much-ignored agenda of indigenous peoples within its policy-making.

UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis "A single word like 'X̱maay' ...

Malaysia Department of Indigenous Peoples Development Changes May Ease Burdens of European Deforestation Regulation on Small Palm Farms, but Not the Confusion ...

Sarawak state laws fail to uphold Indigenous peoples’ rights to own, use, and control their ancestral territories. Sarawak’s laws impose an arbitrary 1,000-hectare cap on the area for which ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report on Sunday urging Malaysia’s Sarawak state to protect Indigenous rights after a company logged timber without the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of an ...

While Malaysia recognizes its indigenous peoples as Orang Asal natives or Orang Asli, it still faces challenges in respecting and protecting their rights. This is illustrated by the ongoing ...