Is the BN preparing for GE14?
The BN is taking serious precautions to remain in power by imposing repressive laws after it narrowly escaped being consigned to opposition ranks at...
Is the BN preparing for GE14? – Aliran Monthly 33: 7 editor’s note
In our cover story, P Ramakrishnan says the BN government appears to be preparing the ground for GE14 by introducing repressive new laws to...
Courts continue to ignore rights of Christian minority
The Christian community in Malaysia is gravely dismayed and very disappointed by the decision of the Court of Appeal to uphold the power of...
Comedy of errors at Chogm
When the British PM started hurling the first 'rock', he forgot to anticipate that it could boomerang and return to smash Britain's own 'glass...
In defence of – the right to a fair trial
Cases are often closed when suspects are shot dead by police or detained without trial. Is this what Malaysians want, wonders Charles Hector.It...
Racial profiling laws?
There are not only elements of anti-democracy in the bills to be passed this parliamentary sitting, but they are also easily open to abuses...
Ghost of ISA, Operasi Lalang 1987 continues to haunt nation
Two years after the Prime Minister announced the repeal of the ISA, his administration has resurrected detention without trial. Kasthuri Patto recalls the suffering...
The Allah decision is wrong in constitutional law
The three judgments are poorly reasoned, the law misread and the conclusions reached would baffle any right-thinking student anywhere in the common law, says...
The Allah controversy: At the religious fault lines
This ‘Allah’ episode has showcased the paranoia of the ruling elites over the possibility of losing their grip over the majority community, observes Teo...
Aliran condemns passing of PCA Amendments Bill
Aliran is appalled at the manner in which the proposed amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (PCA) have been bulldozed through parliament....