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Human Rights Day 2012: #MyVoiceCounts

Human Rights Day 2012: #MyVoiceCounts

Post Bersih 3.0 – what now?

Ask Lord Bobo: ASEAN Declaration (or Limitation?) of Human Rights

Ask Lord Bobo: ASEAN Declaration (or Limitation?) of Human Rights

Has Lord Bobo won?

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Breeding A New Generation Of Activists

Breeding A New Generation Of Activists

What does it take to be an activist? Idealogy. Emotion. Function.

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Lecture

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture by Aung San Suu Kyi, Oslo, 16 June, 2012

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Say It Loud, Say It Proud!

Say It Loud, Say It Proud!

Fairuz Mansur explores how expressing freely promotes holistic progress of a democracy.

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Please Help Yourselves, My Orang Asli Brothers and Sisters

Please Help Yourselves, My Orang Asli Brothers and Sisters

Are you against the Esperanto language?

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Petition calling for the immediate release of Alan Shadrake

Petition calling for the immediate release of Alan Shadrake

A day after Alan Shadrake’s book “Once A Jolly Hangman” was launched in Singapore, he was arrested, detained and interrogated. The verdict of his trial is expected on 28 October 2010. If found guilty Alan faces up to 2 years imprisonment. He is 76 years-old and suffers from serious medical problems.

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Queer Community To Deliver Memorandum on Discrimination in Media to Suhakam – 10 June

Queer Community To Deliver Memorandum on Discrimination in Media to Suhakam – 10 June

Two articles published in Kosmo and Harian Metro, blatantly attack and discriminate against the queer community. A memorandum calling for a stop on the ill representation and discrimination of the queer community in the media will be handed to SUHAKAM at 3.00pm, Thursday 10 June 2010. Please send all endorsements by Tuesday 8 June 2010. Details inside.

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Awakening to A New Dawn (Part 2)

Awakening to A New Dawn (Part 2)

An examination of privacy laws and the recently passed Personal Data Protection Bill by the Dewan Rakyat in Parliament and its application, enforcement, and implications for Malaysia.

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Awakening to A New Dawn (Part 1)

Awakening to A New Dawn (Part 1)

An examination of privacy laws and the recently passed Personal Data Protection Bill by the Dewan Rakyat in Parliament – its application, enforcement, and implications for Malaysia.

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Not All Deaths are Cruel

Not All Deaths are Cruel

A consideration of Chantal Sebire’s imminent death and the kindness of a seeming cruelty.

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The Rebellious Child called Human Rights

The Rebellious Child called Human Rights

Happy Birthday Ms Human Rights! But will you be around much longer?

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Conversations on the Constitution: Anand Grover and the Right to Health

Conversations on the Constitution: Anand Grover and the Right to Health

Yeoh Yen Kee Recently, I came across news about 19-year old, Yeoh Yen Kee. She obtained 11As for SPM, and was to pursue her dream to study medicine. She was awarded a scholarship to study in the Czech Republic. However, in 2008, she was diagnosed with leukemia and could not proceed with that plan. After […]

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The problem with some Islamic scholars: Reply to Dr Wan Azhar on “Human Rightism” & Religion

I write this in response to the article entitled “Human Rightism” vs Religion by one Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad, appearing on September 22, 2009 in The Star. I have for awhile now seen the articles of the learned Doctor appear in The Star and I must, at the very outset, state that I have […]

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Welcome Address to the Bar Council Human Rights Debate

An edited version of Mr. Edmund Bon’s opening speech at the inaugural Bar Council Human Rights Debate given on 9 December 2008. In his speech his explains the germination and eventual evolution of human rights and its development within the framework of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (‘UDHR’). He also discusses the qualities of human rights and deals with the cultural and political criticisms against human rights. Finally, he enjoins us to embrace human rights and use it as a weapon against oppression by government.

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