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Buku Beyond Bars

Mazni Ibrahim , CEO , MCCHR | Effa Qamariani , Communications & Outreach Officer , MCCHR

30-Apr-25 18:00

Buku Beyond Bars

The Buku Beyond Bars campaign is an initiative by the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, aimed at supporting incarcerated individuals in Malaysian prisons by providing them with books and reading materials. In this episode, we speak to Mazni Ibrahim who’s the CEO of MCCHR and Effa Qamariani, who’s the Communications & Outreach Officer about the campaign and why books are a crucial part of rehabilitation.

Image Credit: MCCHR Official Facebook

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  education,  Law/Activism,  Literature/Philosophy

Tags:  buku beyond bars,  incarcerated individuals,  reading materials,  reading,  reading culture,  books,  prison,  rehabilitation, 


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