Cruel, inhuman & degrading punishment
Last month, Amnesty International published a report drawing attention to the fact that judicial caning in Malaysia has reached epidemic …
Category Archives: Human rights
To ban or not to ban
The Subang Jaya Municipal Council’s decision to ban Muslims from employment in places that sell or serve alcohol has embroiled …
Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair
DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING By DENNIS IGNATIUS Last Friday, an empty chair at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was a poignant reminder …
Descending into gutter politics
If you take the time to read all the statements and remarks that fill our political space these days, all …
Shielding Israel from criticism
Revised definition of anti-Semitism could shield Israel from criticism and silence emerging Palestinian voices. The second summit of the Inter-Parliamentary …
Let’s not empower intolerance
Listening to the conversation going on in the US today, one would think that Muslims are about to take over …
World – A hostile place for refugees
JUNE 20th was World Refugee Day. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), millions of people across …
Breaking the Gaza blockade
In search of a viable solution to long and vexing conflict in Palestine The recent run against the Israeli naval …
Reasonable accommodation under threat
“Reasonable accommodation” – the idea that the majority has a moral obligation to accommodate the rights of minorities in a …
Human rights & American foreign policy
Last week the United States Department of State released its annual human rights report to Congress outlining the state of …
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