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  Development project makes life miserable

  Kuala Lumpur will soon have a multi million ringgit stadium to meet the demands of sports and atgletic development.
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  Did you know...?

  Umno often points to the Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) scheme as one of the many things it has done for...
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  Disappointing impressions

  I would like make a few comments with reference to "Understanding the Guld War... (of Vol.11 no.2) was disgracefull... biased journal at its...
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  Discontinue Beng Hock inquest : P Ramakrishnan calls for a royal commission of inquiry to replace the discredited inquest

  We are gathered here today to express our solidarity with the Teoh family . We are here to express our sorrow over...
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  Dissolve Perak State Assembly

  The Perak crisis is a tragic comedy of errors and bad political judgement that reflects a failure of political leadership...
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  Does Iraq's depleted uranium pose a health risk?

  The office of the United Nations commisioner for Human Rights has received a report hypothesising that the current health and...
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  Doing away with ethnic tags

  Aliran welcomes the move to do away with ethnic classification in certain offical document. This is something whisch we...
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  Don't call Chandra "Imprudent"

  Personally I do not see eye to eye with people who refer to others as imprudent. I knew Dr Chandra...
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  Dr Candra clarifies

  To start with, it is not true that i have condemned "our Prime Minister as a tyrant." I have described...
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  Dr Candra replies

  My opposition to US dominance has nothing to do with religion. It is motivated by a commitment to justice...
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  Dr Chandra explains

  Aliran is distressed by your deliberate distortion of our position. If you have been reading the Aliran Monthly regulary in...
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  Drama at The Shangri-la : Pacific chmicals' Ting escape from Bakun demonstrators

  Shangri-La Hotel's chief of security (Chief) still could not make sense of what happened during his watch that Thursday...
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  Early elections in Sarawak? : Understandung electoral politics in Sarawak

  Although the present Sarawak State Assembly's term will not expire until July 1992, many observers believe that the Chief Minister...
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  Economic recovery plan

  It is good that UMNO Youth has come up with an Economic Recovery Plan to reflate the economy. It is certainly...
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  Education Act

  The public has been told that there will be a comprehensive review of the Education Act this year. However, the...
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  Education system must be reviewed

  The arrival of 1991, which purist regard as the beginning of the decade, should prompt an assessment of Malaysia's archivements...
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  Election verdict 2009 : Whither BJP? ; One hopes that with the decline of the BJP, those struggling for democratic space and the rights of the downtrodden will come to the fore

  The resounding defeat of BJP in the 2009 elections, decline in number of seats and decline in voting percentage prompted...
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  Elections very soon?

  A number of people have been saying that General Elections will be early next year. However, there is increasing evidence...
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  End this injustice : bring my husband and the others to trial before a court of law

  It has been almost a year since my husband, Lokman Noor Adam, was arrested and detained without trial under the...
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  Equality in pain

  Aunt Hasmah in 7 year old who has spent her entire life in kampung that is far away from the...
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  Ethics, Ethinicity and Communication

  We live in a multi-ethnic world. We live in a world that is becoming increasingly conscious of its mulit...
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  Ethnic and religious tolerance

  What is the most important feature of an outstanding ethnic community? That is does not oppress and discriminate againts other...
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  Evaluate influence of Television

  Malaysian has had a national television service for the last 17 years. It is time that the government or the...
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  Excuse me, but i think you are so cute : Malaysia must set a high standart of conduct at the workplace and implement the proposed sexual harassment bill

  A woman goes to an office to present some research findings to the person in charge, a man. The man...
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  Experiences of Detention without trail : They stripped me of everything, starting with my own clothing, and my right as a human being

  The above quite by Nawal el Saadawi has captured very succinctly the power and terror of the Internal Security Act...
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  Fan Yew Teng : He would not be cowed or muzzled.

  Aliran is saddened by the passing of Fan Yew Teng, a principled ideologue, social activist, unionist, politician, poet, writer and...
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  Federal Parliamentarians sign letter condemning Malaysian Detentions

  Members of the Federal Parliament today condemned the arrest and continuing detention of Malaysian citizens by their government. 105 Senators...
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  Fees Hike for Universities

  Aliran notes that the fee increases for local universities for local universities have been moderate and well within the means...
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  Fight againt every injustice

  I salute the defenders of HUMANITY and JUSTICE. As a citizen of this country i'm proud to find in the...
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  First time to Kamunting detention centre : I promised pet that i would do everything i possibly could with the help of the people to get him released and i would stay strong and tough to keep that promise. I will not fail him

  This morning (24.9.08) my family and I went to Kamunting to visit pet. This being our first time there, we...
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  Flying Letters : doubts over PM's statement

  We have some doubts over the statement made by the Prime Minister (RTM, 23 January 1991) regarding the so called...
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  Friend of Foe?

  Under the British, before World War II, a network of Hospitals were built in all capital cities of the country...
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  From constitutional monarchy to constitutional anarchy

  It is 2.30am in January 2010 . Najib and Rosmah have just reached their official residence in Putrajaya. Yheir arrival is...
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  From frying pan into fire : global concern for deteriorating human rights in Malaysia

  Our nation today lives from event to event. Never before in our history has power and politics wrought such tumult...
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  From Porto Alegre to the USA : restrain the empire : speech at the get up, stand up rally, Austim, Texas

  Last week at the World social forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, I talked with dozens of people from around the...
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  From ripples to waves : Religious groups and NGOs join hands in launching stop the war coalition, Malaysia

  Sound of war and pictures of devastation in Iraq flashed across the screen. A video clip on Desert Storm held...
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  G Balasundram : No one is indispensable we often hear, but for PSM, Bala was indispensable.

  G Balasundram was stabbed to death on 16 November 2010. He is really, truly no more, but the mind refuses...
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  Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing : countless innocent Tamil lives were lost in the wanton and indiscriminate aerial bombardment of the Tamil areas.

  The first victim of Sri Lankan government's ethnic cleansing were the Indian Tamils, brought in by the British more than...
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  Give peace a chance : the Burmese people's plea for peace

  Thousands of civilians, including prominent opposition leaders are still imprisoned without trial in notorious jails in various parts of Burma...
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  Give the poor a chance! Five Principles for Alternative Development

  No development strategy has the objective of expressly creating inequality. Social and regional injustices are however normally accepted as the...
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  Give us back our loved ones

  My name is Bahirah Tajul Aris. I had to leave my three children in Malaysia just for a chance to...
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  Giving voice to those unable to speak : his life carried a simple meaning for all of us : no matter who we are, we must do something, to make the world a better place

  JBJ Dies, shockwaves, Dow Plunges. So read Wednesday's headlines in the Strait Times. For once, they were spot on...
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  God be with you, Aliran

  I would like to express my admiration for the good work Aliran has been doing. It has become an inspiration...
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  Good only when dead : The evil that men do lives after them; The good is often interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar

  Patto is dead. Malaysian got to know more of the man after he had died rather than when he was...
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  Grant automatic citizenship

  The government should grant automatic citizenship to the thousands of genuine permanent residents in Malaysia. How else does the government...
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  Gulf War : Aliran's approach one-sided

  I have "held my pen" for several issues of Aliran, but following your latest issue i feel i must write...
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  Hakikat Kemanusiaan dan kebebasan

  Saya adalah pembaca setia majalah tuan, dan saya berasa salah terhadap keadaan alam sekarang. Kerana sebagai seorang penghuni alam, adalah...
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  Hands offf Malaysiakini : abolish sedition act

  Aliran strong condemns the police raid on the Malaysiakini office this afternoon (Monday, 20 January 2003) which led to the...
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  Has the state of human rights improved in Malaysia?

  The human rights commission of Malaysia Act 1999 (The Act) which gave birth to SUHAKAM was gazetted on 9 September...
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  Heads they win, tails i lose

  Today is my eight day of detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA). When I was detailed on Friday, 12...