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Governments and Asean keep promising action, yet the fires keep coming. The post We are not angry enough! Part 3 – Who will stop Southeast Asia’s forest fires? appeared first on Aliran.

Article 19, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) welcome the communication and the request for clarification by the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights

Comparing the 1955 Baling talks with a state welcome for Myanmar’s military chief ignores what has changed since. The post Tunku-Chin Peng talks were no precedent for Anwar meeting Min Aung Hlaing appeared first on Aliran.

This public dialogue frames the ongoing conflict in Palestine as a fundamental issue of settler colonialism and displacement rather than merely an ethno-religious dispute. The speakers reflect on the history of colonial rule to encourage people in Malaysia to move beyond superficial understandings and build cross-ethnic, universal solidarity f

Israeli historian Ilan Pappé reflects on what we know about October 7, three years later. Ilan Pappé is a professor at the University of Exeter. He was formerly a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa. He is the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, The Modern Middle East, A History […] The post What we know ab

Oil palm expansion tracks the rise in fires far more closely than the climate does. The post We are not angry enough! Part 2: Is El Niño the real culprit behind Asean haze? appeared first on Aliran.

[ENGLISH VERSION BELOW] Pesuruhjaya kanak-kanak Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam) merakamkan ucapan takziah dan simpati yang mendalam kepada keluarga Allahyarhamah Irene Sofiya susulan pemergiannya yang tragis di Batu Pahat, Johor. Kehilangan nyawa seorang kanak-kanak merupakan satu tragedi yang amat menyayat hati, dan ingatan s

Healthier, happier lives start with policy, not slogans. The post Why Malaysia needs its own ‘blue zones’ appeared first on Aliran.