Sidelining the MCA while appointing Waythamoorthy in the latest cabinet line-up reflects a politics of selfish expediency undertaken by a confused PM, says K Haridas. Continue reading »
May 262013
May 012013
With debt levels so high, corruption on a rampage, and illicit outflows of money, we have little option but to reverse the tide. We need leaders with high vision and high values, says K Haridas. Continue reading »
Jan 252012
Aliran is horrified and outraged by the recent incident when a mob provocatively gate-crashed a peaceful forum organised by Anything But Umno (Abu)-Hindraf in Klang. Continue reading »
Apr 252009
Malaysia does not need another communitarian party that caters to the primary concerns of a particular ethnic or religious community, says Farish A Noor. We already forced have too many parties based on ethnic and religious loyalties, and yet another sectarian party like Mindraf will hardly bring us any closer to a Malaysia where identity is based on universal citizenship and equal rights.
May 112008
Many Malaysians are deeply concerned about the seemingly deliberate denial of medical treatment for ISA detainee and Hindraf adviser P Uthayakumar. The Kamunting detention centre’s denial of urgent medical treatment for Uthayakumar, whose health is fast deteriorating, is a deliberate violation of the Hindraf leader’s human rights, asserts Angeline Loh.
May 112008
It has been brought to Aliran’s attention that ISA detainee and Hindraf adviser P Uthayakumar has suffered a mild heart attack while under detention in Kamunting.
We are further informed that Uthayakumar underwent an ECG test last Monday at the Taiping Hospital and was told that it was necessary for him to be referred to the National Heart Institute (IJN) for further tests.
Apr 012008
Gerakan
Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) merasa bertanggungjawab untuk mengeluarkan satu
kenyataan media berkenaan dengan gesaan bekas Menteri Kerja Raya, S Samy Vellu, yang mahukan supaya lima tahanan ISA
Hindraf dibebaskan. Gesaan beliau tersebut dipetik oleh akhbar Utusan
Malaysia keluaran hari ini. Lima orang pemimpin Hindraf berkenaan
telah ditahan di bawah ISA sejak 13 Disember 2007.
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Feb 152008
The Hindraf protests are, in effect, a cry of the dispossessed, says Subramaniam Pillay, and this could radically alter the future political landscape. If there is a much larger opposition in the next Parliament, the whole dynamics of human and economic rights will undergo a dramatic change.