Archive for November 2008
Memories of ISA
Posted by: hrforall on: November 24, 2008
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From ‘I Am Malaysian’
I found THIS from Aliran. They are excerpts of writings by ex-ISA detainees, reliving their moments under the ISA, in solitary confinement, deprived of their rights. I reproduce here some that have spoken to my heart. If you have the time, do go to the link and read them all.
Abdul Aziz Ishak: [...]
Talk by Prof Kevin Boyle and discussion with NGOs on the ASEAN Charter and ASEAN Human Rights Body
Posted by: hrforall on: November 19, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: A dialogue session was held with Prof Kevin Boyle on regional human rights mechanisms on 11 November 2008. It was jointly organized by Suaram and the Bar Council Human Rights Committee.
Prof Kevin Boyle has been teaching at the Human Rights Centre of University of Essex for many years. He is also a practising [...]
THE PENAN: True Sons and Daughters of Mother Earth
Posted by: hrforall on: November 10, 2008
The Star | Monday November 3, 2008
Semi-nomadic tribe goes back into jungle after delivering lost surveyors
MIRI: The group of Penans who rescued two surveyors lost in the deep jungles of Long Seridan in remote northern Sarawak have declined any reward for their heroic deed.
The Sarawak police are impressed by not just the bravery and kindness [...]
Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death
Posted by: hrforall on: November 2, 2008
MOGADISHU, Nov 2 – A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.
Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of [...]
What’s wrong with the ISA?
Posted by: hrforall on: November 2, 2008
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By Deborah Loh
deborahloh@thenutgraph.com
WHEN it comes to justifying the Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960, the Malaysian government has honed its replies down pat — after the usual noises about how we still need such laws to keep the peace, they then fall back on the old chestnut — others are now doing it too.
This deft attempt [...]
"The land belongs to the countless numbers of people who are dead, the few who are living and the multitude of those yet to be born".
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