Archive for April 2009
National Human Rights Action Plan – A Must for Malaysia
Posted by: hrforall on: April 6, 2009
KOTA KINABALU: Suhakam is hopeful that the Government will be more receptive this time to its proposal for a National Human Rights Action Plan as it will foster better relations between the Government and the people.
Commission deputy chairman Tan Sri Simon Sipaun said that such a plan would strengthen human rights practices in the country [...]
Outcry in Pakistan over 17-year-old girl’s flogging by Taliban
Posted by: hrforall on: April 4, 2009
ISLAMABAD, April 4 — The Pakistani government has ordered an inquiry into the flogging of a 17-year-old woman by Taliban militants in the troubled Swat Valley, after public outrage triggered by shocking video footage of the punishment.
The images, played yesterday on private television channels, show a burka-clad woman being pinned to the ground by two [...]
GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE SUHAKAM MORE SERIOUSLY
Posted by: hrforall on: April 2, 2009
ANALYSIS
By AZMI SHAROM
Malaysians have this thing where they hope some mighty champion will sweep down from the mountains and solve their problems for them.
LAST weekend I was at a public forum organised by ERA Consumer. It was held in Johor Baru. I have not been to JB for many years and I found that it [...]
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