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Media coverage
10,000 books and counting: Meet the team behind Buku Beyond Bars, a project giving prisoners access to quality books
By Tania Jayatilaka, Tatler
3 October 2025
We hear from the team behind Buku Beyond Bars—a movement that collected 10,000 books for Malaysian prisons It’s a crowded office at the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights—but not the crowd you’re thinking of. Walking in that Tuesday morning, I was met with every book-lover’s dream: a pile of what appeared to be…

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Project officer (human rights strategist) – closed
14 July 2025

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Project officer (human rights strategist) – closed
8 May 2025

Media coverage
Turn the page: ‘Buku Beyond Bars’ campaign aims to transform prison libraries
By Hanis Maketab, The Star
27 April 2025

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Project officer (human rights strategist) – closed
3 February 2025

Community activity
Strategic Litigation Camp on Freedom of Expression

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Accounts and finance assistant – closed
23 December 2024
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