HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTER MALAYSIA

Archive for May 2009

Human rights is not a new religion

Posted by: hrforall on: May 29, 2009

Ambiga Sreenevasan, Andrew Khoo and Zarizana Abdul Aziz
On 28 April, The Star published an article by Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad under Ikim’s Views entitled ‘Human rights shouldn’t impose on religions and cultures‘. We wrote a rebuttal. The Star has chosen not to publish it.
Below is our rebuttal, and it is our personal opinion.
In the [...]

The terror of government silence

Posted by: hrforall on: May 29, 2009

By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@thenutgraph.comjacquelinesurin at thenutgraph dot com
 Penan child (© Robin Hanbury-Tenison/Survival, pic courtesy of Survival International)
DATUK Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil was the perfect picture of concern and care on the front page of The Star newspaper on 28 May 2009. The newly re-appointed women, family and community development minister was photographed at the Serdang [...]