ECRL: No cause for celebration
After months of conflicting signals and intense behind-the-scenes negotiations, the Pakatan Harapan government finally announced that it had reached agreement …
Author Archives: Dennis Ignatius
The Rome Statute & the threat to Malaysia’s constitutional democracy
Like many Malaysians, I am utterly dismayed, even disgusted, with the way Malaysia’s accession to the Rome Statute, the treaty …
The Suhakam verdict: where’s the outrage?
Last week, the Suhakam panel investigating the disappearances of Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat delivered a courageous, groundbreaking, …
Lynas: cabinet must act now
The Lynas controversy has now dragged on for quite a few years. Fed up with BN’s lack of concern, many …
Mujahid: behind the reformist facade
Mujahid Yusof Rawa, the minister in charge of religious affairs, has carefully cultivated an image of himself as an open-minded …
Forever pendatang, forever dhimmi, forever grateful
Over the past few weeks, as the competition between Pakatan Harapan and the UMNO-PAS alliance for the Malay vote has …
Ketuanan Melayu & the end of Malaysia Baru
Nazri’s appalling comments in Semenyih are yet another stark reminder that we are a nation deeply divided by race and …
Will racism kill Malaysia’s reform agenda?
As former law minister Nazri Aziz’s racist outburst in Semenyih continues to reverberate across the political landscape, the way racism …
Nazri’s assault on national unity
Just when we think we’ve heard it all, someone finds a way to take racism and bigotry to a whole new …
The colour of human misery
(AP Photo) At a recent symposium on Yemen, one of the panellists, a prominent Muslim social activist, lamented the lack …
