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Malaysia : A lost democracy (Part 2) : People of goodwill must continue to strive to bring about change : we can rebuild the country into a land where we do not live in fear, but a freedom.

The founders envisaged a Government for all Malaysians. Even Tun Dr. Mahathir sopke about it. One of the elemens if Vision...

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Malaysia : A lost democracy? (Part 2) : People of goodwill must continue to strive to bring about change : we can rebuild the country into a aland where we do not live in fear, but in freedom.

The founders envisaged a Goverment for all Malaysians. Even Tun Dr. Mahathir spoke about it. One of the elements of...

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Malaysia's migrant hell-holes : evidence of the cruel, degrading and inhuman condition in these holding camps is overwhelming.

Many ordinary Malaysians had never glimpsed and could not imagine the inside of an immigration detention camp (IDC) or how...

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Malaysian houseman over worked in hospital!.

Your are either completely oblivious to the fact that - yes, housemen in Malaysia are grossly over vorked...

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Memories of ISA

More than once my Case Officers asked me, apropos of nothing in particular, if I knew the location of the...

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MIC's future hangs in the balance : The Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah.

This is shaping up to be both a referendum on the MIC and the Pakatan government's performance in Kedah...

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My 18 hours under the ISA : during that time, which was filled with a lot of uncertainty, I felt that there was some unknown strenght that supported me throught

On 12 September, about 8.30 in the evening, I was at my home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. While enjoying my...

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My Father is a Hero... A man of dignity

My father, Badaruddin Ismail, better know as Pak Din, was born 56 years ago in Tapah Road, Perak. He is...

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New threats to the electoral system : The last remaining democratic institution is under siege

On april 8, 2002 another set of amendments to Malaysia's election laws was passed in Parliament, again with hardly any public...

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No suprise, only disappointment : Anwar's appeal dismissed

Today, 10 July 2002, will go down in Malaysian judicial history as an other, the latest, of a long series...

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Nuclear Malaysia : Red flag in a greening global economy : Going nuclear would be sheer short sightedness for a country blessed with abundant renewable sources of claen power.

Before the Malaysian government takes the country down the path towards nuclear energy, every citizen must decide if nuclear power...

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Open letter to U.S. scretary of state colin powell : English-Speaking Christians in the Holy Land speak out

No one can remain indifferent to the injustice of which the Palestinian people have been victims for more than fifty..

Our broken democracy : one year after march 8, much of the abuse and nonsense still remains.

When the unlikely opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) realised they had thumped the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN)...

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Our broken democracy : one year after March 8, much of the abuse and nonsense still remains.

When the unlikely opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PR) realised they had thumped the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN) in 8 March 2008...

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Parliamentary reform : lesson from UK and Europe

The British parliament is often held up as the epitome of modern democracy, with institutions stretching back hundreds year

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PAS vs UMNO : who will win the 'Malay Consensus' and more?

Several new realities confront both PAS and UMNO as they prepare to convene their general assemblies in June 2001...

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People's hope in the Judiciary has been misplaced : The much anticipated reformation in the judiciary is illusory.

Confronted by crisis in Perak, the people had reason to believe that the judiciary would be our last hope for...

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Picking up the pieces in Naggroe Aceh Darussalam : A tale of hope and inner strength amidst devastation.

When i was first informed that i might be sent to Aceh, I did not know what to expect...

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Political roguery runs riot in Perak : The backroom politics of Umno and its backdoor takeover of the Perak state government forms the perfect background for najib to lead Bolehland into a political backwater.

The rakyat of Perak area robbed in broad daylight of their political right to determine the state government they want...

Politikal ferment in Latin America : A new sense of solidarity and regionalism has developed among Latin Americans

While i was in Caracas, there was opportunity to learn more about the political ferment that is occuring, not only...

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Q and A on the Hudud and Qisas Enactment

Hudud and Qisas laws deal with offences and punishments that are interpreted by Muslim juristic scholars to be derived from...

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Release all political prisoners

10 April 2002 has already gone down in our history as a day of infamy. beginning that black day, one...

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Remembering Beng Hock in Penang : If the present government does not want to change the system , then the rakyat can change the government in the next GE.

A crowd of about 400 people packed the forum hall in the Han Chiang College in Lim Lean Teng Road...

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Rethinking the "Nation" : Have we been schooled to accept only one way of identifying with the "Nation" that is, through the official, state-led perspective?

In last month's AM (Vol.22.2), Anil Netto reported on some interesting issues raised by Dominic Punthucheary's excavation of other historical...

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Rule of Law an empty word in Malaysia : open letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia

The International Federation for human right (FIDH) wishes to express its very serious concern regarding the sentence given today by...

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Salute to judge and judgement : Long suppressed hopes for justice were rekindled by a learned, honest and courageous judge

30 May 2001 will be remembered in Malaysian history as a day when the people's long supressed hopes for justice...

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Silencing the independent media in Malaysia

UMNO youth, the firebrand wing of Dr Mahathir Mohamad's dominant rulling party, recently launched its unofficial electoral champaign in...

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Simple truths from the tsunami : Compassion and solidarity are no stranger to human nature, if given a chance.

More than a 100,000 people have been massacred in Iraq since the USA's brutal 'war on the teror'. The city...

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Soi Lek heads PPC : Larger issue at stake : Dr Chua Soi Lek's appoitment as chairman of the Penang Port Commission has generated much debate. But there is a larger issue at stake.

Already there has been much debate online about the appoitment of Chua Soi Lek as the Penang Port Commission chair...

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Some thoughts on the assembly : Assembly of the World forum for Alternatives and the network of intellectuals and artists in defence of humanity

We were some 200 participants who had journeyed from more 50 countries, from far and near, to this world-wide...

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Stand Up! reach out : No time or room for apathy

More than 40 days have passed since the ISA arrests. To date, only five if the ten detainess have been...

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Stick to your commitment, Datuk Seri Abdullah : Why have the culprits in high profile corruption cases not been procetud?.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's entry as the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia on 31 October 2003 gave us, the law-abiding...

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Stop the cover up: Disease does not discriminate : Efforts to raise public awareness of leptospirosis prevention measures appear to be more low key in contrast to past and ongoing health campaigns for dengue, SARS, and AH1N1

The Health Minister's statement in August that only nine lives "so far" have been claimed by leptospirosis (The Sunday Star, 22 August 2010)...

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SUHAKAM and the Indigenous people's question

I have been asked to evaluate SUHAKAM's performance during its first year, insofar as the rights and aspirations of the...

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SUHAKAM shackled and rendered ineffective

It is a very refreshing experience for me to meet you once again, this time away from the Ministry of...

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Sungai Siput : One year after : Transmuting "welfare" work into a programme that empowers the people.

Winning the Sg. Siput seat was an unexpected event. We had expected that we would be able to narrow the...

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Tanjung Tokong : From fishing village to concrete jungle? : The concrete jungle continues to grow around us dan urban sprawl will soon swamp the natural green hillside.

Tanjung Tokong is the place where i grew up since 1970, when my family moved from government quaters in the...

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The April 'tri-elections' in retrospect : Pakatan has now firmly co-opted BN's winning formula especially in the ethnically 'mixed' seats in Peninsular Malaysia.

With the excitement of the three by-elections on 7 April now firmly in the rearview mirror, we can take...

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The BN National security state and the ISA

In order to defeat the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) during the Emergency (1948-60), the British colonial forces resorted to both...

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The cost of cheap shopping : The more consolidated the retail market becomes, the easier it will be to exploit farmers and other small suppliers

In the time since the supermarket boom ten years ago, Malaysian food shopping habits have undergone a sea change...

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The cult of the individual : The story tale of Dr Mahathir and Hulk Hogan

In 1981, shortly after Deng Xiaoping came to power, the Chinese Communit Party (CCP) held its sixth plenum of the...

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The day of justice will return : Never has the cowardice of so few been such a horrendous betrayal of the hopes of so many

Your predecessor at least made no pretense of being spineless under Dr Mahathir's complete control. You, on the other hand...

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The difficulty in accepting sexual diversity : How do we support these people? They are human too.

More than a year ago, i received a phone call from school teacher. She wanted to discuss the possibility of...

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The horror of southern Thailand, and a solution : A courageous and compelling study of the insurgency in the far South.

This book is the best investigation in English of the recent troubles in Thailand's southern border provinces...

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The law of sedition

Throughtout the history of governments and its people, the (something) fine line between sedition and free speech has always been...

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The Myth of the great stabilizer : reflections on Mahathir's planned departure

And now the end is near. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's leaving. But evidently he didn't get to do things...

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The nightmare goes on... : I pray that no one will ever go through our ordeal again

I am Marina Lee Abdullah, wife of Raja Petra bin Raja Kamarudin, the director of the Freeanwar Campaign (FAC) website...

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The passing of Datuk Fadzil Noor : a great Malaysian

It is with much sorrow and regret that Aliran learns of the death of Dato' Fadzil Noor, president of Parti...

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The Quest for justice continues

Is there no justice and rule of law in Malaysia? Can the police abuse their powers as they please and...

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The role of the opposition : An individual can make a difference a conversation with zaitun (Toni) Kasim - an independent view

As i had never met the lady before, and knew her only by her reputation as an outspoken human right...

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