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Table 7: Breakdown of Human Rights Complaints, 2019
Subject Matter
No.
Peninsula
Sabah
Sarawak
1.
Human dignity
0
0
0
2.
Equality/discrimination (based on
race, religion, gender, disability,
political affiliation etc.)
15
0
7
3.
Right to life
18
1
3
4.
Liberty and security of person
19
2
1
5.
Human trafficking/smuggling
9
0
0
6.
Cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment
45
3
2
7.
Arbitrary arrest, detention, or exile
61
38
4
8.
Equality before the law/right to a fair
and public hearing
10
0
2
9.
Right to privacy
5
0
0
10.
Freedom of movement
7
0
0
11.
Right to seek asylum and refugee status
14
0
0
12.
Right to nationality
6
294
30
13.
Right to own property
3
30
4
14.
Freedom of thought, conscience,
and religion
1
0
1
15.
Freedom of opinion and expression
0
0
0
16.
Right to peaceful assembly
0
0
0
17.
Freedom of association
1
0
0
18.
Right to take part in government/
voters’ rights
0
0
0
19.
Right to work/employment and
migrant workers’ rights
8
13
3
20.
Right to rest and leisure
2
0
0
21.
Right to an adequate standard of living
(food, clothing, housing, healthcare)
32
4
2
22.
Right to education
0
3
0
23.
Right to freely participate in the
cultural life of the community
0
0
0
24.
Environmental rights
7
4
1
25.
Right to native customary land
14
12
5
26.
Child’s rights
10
1
2