Hindraf ISA arrests: BN govt has lost its moral authority
Aliran condemns the arrest today of five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders under the obnoxious Internal Security Act. Those detained were Hindraf legal adviser P Uthayakumar,...
Lawyers, activists arrested: Innocent victims of a brutal state
Aliran deplores the thoughtless and mindless reaction of the state against any democratic expression of our constitutional rights to exert our freedom. We are appalled that even...
Zaki’s appointment: No saving grace for the judiciary
Tan Sri Zaki Azmi's appointment as Court of Appeal president was no surprise. It was predictable from the time he was catapulted into the Federal Court,...
Aliran AGM deplores high-handed police action at Hindraf assembly
Aliran, at its 31st annual general meeting held in Penang today, has expressed its horror at the heavy-handed way the police responded to the Hindu Rights...
Royal Commission: Appoint upright individuals
Aliran welcomes the government’s decision to appoint a Royal Commission of Inquiry following the disturbing disclosures in the Lingam tape. What Malaysians witnessed through the tape revealed...
Be rational; be sensible
Aliran is concerned about the arrests of leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) - P Uthayakumar, P Waythamoorthy...
The people have prevailed
Well, it looks that the information Minister will have to eat his own words. He will have to believe what he sees. His eyes...
Chief Justice has forfeited the trust of the people
The Chief Justice has forfeited the trust of the people and the confidence of the Malaysian Bar. The only thing for him to do...
Chief Justice must go
It would upset and disappoint Malaysians terribly if the tenure of the current Chief Justice, Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, were to be...
Penans being manipulated by NGOs in EIA process?
Aliran is astonished at the Sarawak’s Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) controller’s remarks that public participation in an Environment Impact Assessment process is...
Nazri should apologise
De facto law minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz owes the nation an apology. He had misled the nation by claiming the existence of a...
Stop harassing the whistle-blowers
Aliran calls upon the ACA to stop harassing people who come forward in the national interest to provide incriminating evidence in an attempt to...