Found 128 matches for Human Rights
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| 2003-01-26 | Malaysia shows how to shoot itself in the foot When panic dictates policy, things go awry. As it now has.
Malaysia has acquired a reputation for the kind of media bashing
that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and many a Third World
and Muslim country is noted for. It would appear it was
deliberately done so the Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Mahathir
Mohamed, would take the blame. But it guessed wrong. It is
Malaysia that would pay the price. Especially if she does not
move swiftly to damage its international reputation that lumps it
with countries with horrible Human Rights records and media
suppression. Now whenever Malaysian ministers travel abroad,
they should expect questions about freedom of expression in
Malaysia, and other "irritating" questions like these about Human Rights.
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| 2003-01-22 | Is the Syariah God-Made or Man-Made? It was this theme that Prof. Abdullahi An-Na'm, the Charles
Howard Emory Chandler professor of law at the Emory University of
Atlanta, Georgia, raised in his discussion of Human Rights,
religion and secularism as the basis for developing multiple
foundations for Human Rights. It is not a popular view, though
the discussion was mute, as often in Malaysia. Several Muslims
present thought he had breached the thin line between what is
allowable in Islam and what is not, but this view was not evident
at the forum, held last Saturday (18 January 2003) at the Armada
Hotel in Petaling Jaya. He tried, with some success, to
interlink Human Rights, religion and secularism, delving into
Islam and its history to buttress his views, which while a breath
of fresh air to non-Muslims and many a Muslim, nevertheless upset
Muslims for a suggestion there is another view that should be
aired.
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| 2003-01-12 | Would the Indian diaspora fall to a marketing ploy?
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| 2003-01-07 | Workers' Rights? Give Me A Volvo Instead!
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| 2002-10-30 | The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics
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| 2002-09-11 | The Perils of the ISA Be that as it may, the Federal Court decision, however tepid
its impact, is an important step in the fight for Human Rights in
this country. The judiciary, like every institution in the
country, is flawed, raped, battered and otherwise made irrelevant
in a political culture where the BN government cannot be
challenged. The courts would not accept the legal argument that
the ISA is used to threaten political opponents and others, and
to keep people in line. Recently, those involved in importing
foreign workers were threatened with the ISA if they misbehaved.
It is a political shorthand for the BN government to invoke the
ISA when it is caught in a mess of its own making. And it is
caught in a right royal mess.
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| 2002-08-01 | US-Malaysia Ties Still Muddled By The Anwar Affair The US secretary of state, Mr Colin Powell, passed through Kuala
Lumpur this week, with a not-too-subtle warning that the jailed
former deputy prime minister, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, continues
to impinge on bilater ties. His counterpart, Malaysian foreign
minister, Dato' Syed Hamid Albar, impotent and frustrated, wanted
bilateral ties anchored on more than one man or one issue. Mr
Powell ignored him. The less than subtle hint that Malaysia's
regional role in the US war on terror is conditional on its Human Rights record, the main prop of which is the political vendetta
against Dato' Seri Anwar. Mr Powell contradicts Dato' Seri Syed
Albar to make clear Dato' Seri Anwar was convicted in unfair
trials for his political views. Malaysia's role in the US war on
terror, he implied, depends on to its Human Rights record, and
what happens to one man, with pressure not let up.
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| 2002-07-25 | An Election Shadow Play: Zimbabe Today, Malaysia Tomorrow?
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| 2002-07-24 | Two Leaders Who Succeeded, Only To Fail
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| 2002-07-19 | Elections As Is, Was, Must Be
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| 2002-07-17 | How To Be Fluent In English By Not Studying It
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| 2002-06-15 | The Prime Minister stumbles to seek a new enemy The Prime Minister is on shaky ground in his latest attack.
If we accept the truth of what he alleges, that these NGOs, since
they receive seed money from foreign organisations, are
anti-national and their views suspect, how should one regard a
government-organised non-governmental organisation as Suhakam,
the Human Rights body? Its commissioners are paid between
RM70,000 and RM90,000 a year each, travel free first class on
duty, and other perks that struggling NGOs that live on their
wits would drool in envy. Taking the Prime Minister's
observation at face value, is Suhakam's findings, then, suspect
when it issues a report on Human Rights abuses in Malaysia?
Many thinks so but not for the source of their funding but on
principled grounds.
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| 2002-06-05 | Diving from near First World to Third World country
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| 2002-05-12 | Sauce for Najib is not sauce for Anwar Dr Mahathir insists he will hold his ground, speak his
tongue, and his alliance with Washington is only to fight Islamic
terror, one he suggests in Malaysia as dangerous and violent as
Washington's global guerrilla enemy. This is easier said than
done. When Malaysia accepts Washington's anti-terror embrace it
is conditional on doing whatever else it wants her to perform.
Washington has kept him at a distance, accusing his
administration of serious Human Rights violations and of how it
treats the jailed former deputy prime minister. That it wants an
accommodation with Dr Mahathir now is not a change of heart but
for policy considerations. Dr Mahathir wants one at all cost.
And goes as a supplicant. Since he disallows contradictory views
in the mainstream media, people only know what he tells them.
Even what Malaysian ministers tell foreigners at home and abroad
are studiously kept out of the Malaysian press if it threatens
political damaging. As this visit certainly is.
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| 2002-05-06 | Hope springs eternal in the human breast
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| 2002-04-28 | When you should be dead, you cannot live
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| 2002-04-10 | Frightening Arrogance in the Land of Fear and Loathing THE DEPUTY Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,
thanks the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) chief, Tan
Sri Musa Hitam, for his stewardship. But he has no idea who
would replace him. Someone would have to be found, he says, to
replace him. Why was this not done first? The government
decides to dispense with several Industrial court judges at the
end of their term, ordering them to leave forthwith, and invites
the Bar Council to nominate likely replacements. Many had cases
heard with judgements yet to be delivered.
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| 2002-03-31 | Ketari X: The noose tightens, but not yet in Ketari
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| 2002-03-27 | Ketari IX: Its impact is more than the issues raised
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| 2002-03-24 | Racial discrimination: Now you see, now you don't ...
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This archive was created as a tribute to the late veteran
journalist MGG Pillai. We believed his writings are useful to develop a critical
thinking analysis.
By the way, the original mggpillai.com web site (2001-2006) was actually created
by one of us.
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