Malaysia: Siti Kasim faces charges a year after raid on transgender fundraising event
Event- Country
- Malaysia
- Initial Date
- Jun 13, 2017
- Event Description
Siti Kasim filed an application against the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department in order to compel the group to name the officers who raided a transgender event without a warrant on 3 April 2016, arresting the defender, along with the event's organiser. The event, a fundraising dinner and beauty pageant for transgender women, was raided on grounds that it violated a fatwa against beauty contests. On 13 June 2017, she was informed that she would be charged for "obstructing a public servant" during a raid which was carried out by the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) in Kuala Lumpur on 3 April 2016 on an event hosted by transgender women. She was notified of the charge just a few hours after the High Court compelled Jawi, Malaysia's religious police, to provide Siti Kasim with the names of the officers who were in charge of the raid following an application she filed for the purpose of proceeding with a civil lawsuit.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- LGBTQ+/ Non-Binary
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Gender Based Harassment
- Intimidation and Threats
- Judicial Harassment
- Raid
- Rights Concerned
- Minority Rights
- HRD
- Indigenous peoples' rights defender
- Lawyer
- SOGI rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 3.139002999999997
Longitude: 101.686855
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 13 June 2017, human rights defender, Siti Kasim, was informed that she would be charged for "obstructing a public servant" during a raid which was carried out by the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) in Kuala Lumpur on 3 April 2016 on an event hosted by transgender women.