Archive for May, 2015

The limit to second chances

By Pauline Wong If an outsider had been observing Malaysian news these past few weeks, he or she would …

Bulldozed and dazed: Amendments pushed through Parliament

  Bulldozed and dazed: this is probably the only way to describe how the amendments to the Sedition Act …

Malaysia on worrying slide down the human rights ladder

Read previous report: Who’s afraid of the big bad Sedition Act? With the new amendments to the Sedition Act …

Who’s afraid of the big, bad Sedition Act?

By Pauline Wong The recently passed amendments to the Sedition Act and the newly-minted Prevention of Terrorism Act have …

DAP, Bersih slam EC for considering screening election candidates for BM proficiency

Civil society and politicians alike today rapped the Elections Commission (EC) for considering a proposal to make Malay language proficiency a …

When free speech is a crime

By Ralvin Manikam They often seem like mere numbers in news reports — 10,000 protestors here, 5,000 protestors there. …

Permatang Pauh to pave the way for GE 14

Speech by DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang at the PermatangPauh by-election ceramah on …

What we learnt from the Anti-GST rally

By Pauline Wong It can be said that life, from birth till death, is a series of lessons — …

Court finds Malay-language daily guilty of defamation

A Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has found Malay daily Berita Harian guilty of defaming two Perak DAP MPs in …