Pakatan Harapan: Divided & distracted
I was outside the gates of Parliament last week in support of a group of fishermen, environmentalists and concerned …
Category Archives: Human rights
Pastor Raymond Koh and the great cover-up
“I defy decent people to read it, without their hearts leaping in indignation and shouting their revolt…” ~ Emile Zola,‘I …
Is Pakatan Harapan committed to human rights?
It’s been more than a year since our “new” government came to power. I was there outside the gates of …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Mahathir and the ICERD affair
Saturday’s anti-ICERD demonstration has given rise to many questions. Why was the government so unprepared to defend one of its …
The Carlsberg affair: Edi Rejang deserves a second chance
In recent days, Malaysians have been following with much interest the “Carlsberg affair” – an incident at a local hypermarket …
ICERD & the end of Malaysia Baru
The more things change, the more they stay the same ~ Alphonse Karr Malaysians must be scratching their heads over …
