The normalization of bigotry & intolerance
In the midst of a heated argument in Parliament on amendments to the Road Transport Act to toughen the penalties …
Category Archives: Human rights
The Last Days of Freedom?
It was deeply troubling to read last week that pensioner Abdullah Sani was convicted and fined RM2,000 (or one month’s …
Our shameful response to genocide against the Rohingya
Many have been deeply shocked and saddened by the response to the latest wave of Rohingya refugees to arrive at …
Give priority to refugees instead of importing more foreign labour
Last week, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Amna Baloch, announced that her country was negotiating with Malaysia to provide up …
End the LTTE farce now
While major issues like the coronavirus understandably grabs a lot of attention, an issue of no less importance, one that …
Fraying ethnic relations affecting foreign policy consensus
A series of recent controversial foreign policy statements by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has exposed the increasingly deep divisions …
1000 days of shame
Keynote address at 1000-day anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh The Pullman Hotel |Kuala Lumpur | 16th …
Comic books, politics and propaganda
What is it with us Malaysians? We seem to careen from one controversy to another in quick succession. Before we …
Hypocrisy & hyperbole at the UN
Dozens of world leaders descended on New York last week for the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), …
Is Pakatan Harapan serious about protecting human rights?
It is disturbing and disappointing that the government has once again deported an asylum seeker and his family without due …
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