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 …
Category Archives: Human rights
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 …
The Rohingya crisis: Appoint Anwar as special envoy
In New York last week, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad added his voice, not for the first time, to the …
Inside the camps where China tries to brainwash its Muslims [South China Morning Post report]
Former detainees, including foreign nationals, describe brutal treatment and ‘re-education’ sessions inside mass detention centres Thursday, 17 May 2018, 10:44PM …
Hope for refugees in the new Malaysia?
One of the great failures of the former BN regime when it came to human rights was its dismal record …
BOOK RELEASE: DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING by Dennis Ignatius
I am happy to announce that my book Diplomatically Speaking: Dispatches from the Best Democracy We Never Had is now available at …
