Category Archives: Human Rights

Featured on BBC World Questions Panel

I was recently invited to be a panellist at the BBC World Questions programme, recorded live in a studio with an audience of 150 people in Kuala Lumpur. This programme has been conducted in over 100 countries around the world. … Continue reading

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Reporting on the Reporters (in August Man Magazine)

Thank you August Man Magazine for including me in its feature in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. The full piece can be found on its website here. They also kindly sent me a PDF version of … Continue reading

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Approve an interim protocol for government to work with NGOs — Altaf Deviyati, Tricia Yeoh

First published in The Malay Mail on 31 March, here. MARCH 31 — As the novel cornavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread in an unpredictable manner it presents a growing risk to all stakeholders involved in food assistance, particularly in the … Continue reading

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Seeking fresh leads to Beng Hock’s death

First published in the New Straits Times on 17 July 2019 here. IT has been 10 years since the “mysterious” death of Teoh Beng Hock, the aide of a Selangor state executive councillor being investigated for his use of allocation … Continue reading

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The untold story of the Teoh Beng Hock case – Part 1

First published on The Malaysian Insight here on Sunday, 16 July 2017. “WHAT would you say to Beng Hock if he was alive today?” Up till this question, Soh Cher Wei, the wife of Teoh Beng Hock, had maintained a … Continue reading

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Integration the world over

First published in theSun on 16 March 2017, here. IN August 2015, I visited France at a time when the Syrian refugee crisis was just unfolding, causing much uncertainty and consternation. The discussions I had with academics and policy analysts … Continue reading

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Rights of the natives

First published in theSun on 22 December 2016, here. A VIDEO went viral at the end of November on social media, portraying the Temiar Orang Asli community singing Negaraku as the blockade they had set up to protest logging at … Continue reading

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Rohingya refugee rights

First published in theSun on 13 December 2016 here. AT A “Solidarity March” two weekends ago, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak protested the atrocities taking place in Myanmar, condemning Myanmar for what he considered as the “genocide” and “ethnic … Continue reading

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Waking up to an old, brewing crisis

(First published in theSun on 28 May 2015, here). MALAYSIANS have finally woken up to the cruel plight faced by refugees and migrant workers following the consecutive events of the last few weeks. The most disconcerting has been the discovery … Continue reading

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A freedom conversation

(First published in theSun on 28 November 2014, here). MEETING people for the first time, I am often asked what a think-tank is. This is followed by a question on how it is that a classical liberal think-tank can exist in … Continue reading

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