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Posted inHuman Rights, The System
Dear Paprika: Abuse Of Power
Pepper Lim writes to his daughter about abuse of power by government.
Posted inBolehland
Dear Paprika: May 13
The first in a series of letters from LoyarBurokker Pepper Lim, to his daughter Paprika.
Posted inGreen-World
For Viewing and Feedback: Lynas RIA Report
View/download the complete Lynas Radiological Impact Assessment Report here, and please give us your feedback.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
Crossing The Lines
Idzwan shares his short story of a young gay Malaysian crossing all lines and boundaries Malaysians as a society usually abide by. Half-fact half-fiction, this coming-of-age-tale-cum-erotica won the first runner-up in The UK International Students Short Story Competition in 2010. All puns are intended.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
UPDATED: Touting & Lawyers — Is The Bar Council Making Things Up?
Malaysian lawyers are restricted enough already. An angry, big, bald, Indian man in San Francisco wonders why the Bar Council of Malaysia is giving wrong advice to lawyers, and creating new restrictions out of thin air?
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Malaysiakini: Test Case In The Works To Free Trio Held Under EO
Longest running emergency to date!
Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights representative Edmund Bon, when contacted, said he knew of the cases and proposed the intervention by way of judicial review.
“All of them are detained and restricted without trial and they have no way of defending themselves. Most of those detained are poor, uneducated and marginalised, and because the emergency order has not been lifted it is used against them to restrict their fundamental liberties,” he said.
Posted inStupid Me!
Vernacular Education In Malaysia
A consideration of the debate on vernacular schools, and the important roles that both national and vernacular schools have to play in Malaysia.
Posted inThe Lobby
Invitation: Forum on “What price, media freedom?” by Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
The Centre for Independent Journalism is organising a forum on “What price, media freedom?” at Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok on 1 June 2011, 8:30pm. Admission is free and no registration needed. More details are as follows.
Posted inSave The Children
Natural Disasters Need Not Be Tragedies
Critical lapses in protection mechanisms and government oversight clouded the imminent warnings of disaster in the orphanage landslide.
Posted inAsk Lord Bobo
Ask Lord Bobo: Scandals, Property, Contracts, and iPad 2
This week, Lord Bobo ponders scandalous news, the property bubble, business contracts, and an email from Steve Jobs (could it be?!) about the iPad 2.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
Despicable, homophobic me
There are some things we can’t change. And there are some, we can. Pepper Lim writes about how he overcame his own ignorance through Love and Acceptance.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
Gay or Nay?
Confession of an ex-homophobe: Nur Hidayah shares about her male friend who wears a skirt and her female friend who likes girls
Posted inLB Rants
What a mockery
The Ryan Giggs’ drama goes to show that rights to privacy and free press have to keep up with technological changes in this age of social media.
Posted inSave The Children
someday i’ll make you proud
abandoned by family, kicked out from an orphanage, this is the incredible story of one boy’s search for love
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
What’s the Difference Between A Prostitute And A Lawyer?
Sex workers have been conditioned to fear the police, resulting in a huge power gap to the extent that not many sex workers are brave enough to exert their rights. We can educate them on their rights, but they must also assert them.
Posted inBolehland
Sabah: KDM BN Parties Must Be Firm On Gerrymandering
Will the KDM parties in Barisan Nasional Sabah stay firm to prevent gerrymandering during the next redelineation exercise announced by the Election Commission?
Posted inWhy You Can, I Cannot?
Disabled Doctors: We Don’t Want You!
In a time when the country is suffering from brain drain, the Malaysian Medical Council has chosen to implement a new guideline that will send away bright future doctors to some other countries to seek greener pastures.