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Human Rights Debates 2008 events – You are invited! |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 03:29pm |
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Contributed by the Bar Council Human Rights Committee
Bar Council Human Rights Debate 2008
9-12 December 2008
“UDHR @ 60 and still not all is right”
On behalf of the Bar Council Human Rights Debate Organising Committee, we are pleased to announce that the inaugural Bar Council Human Rights Debate is on! Maju!!
This event is held in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 and International Human Rights Day on 10 December of every year.
Further information on this unique event may be obtained here and here.
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Putik Lada: Have faith in the young – empower them |
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Contributed by Dipendra A/L Harshad Rai
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Friday, 05 December 2008 04:04pm |
©The
Star (Used by permission)
PUTIK LADA WITH H.R DIPENDRA
Empowering the younger generation should encompass the raising of spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities.
IF AT all Barack Obama’s election as the 44th President of the US can teach us Malaysians anything, it should be this: empowerment and inclusiveness is vital in bringing positive change.
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PAS can't govern alone |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 08:00am |
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©The Nut Graph (Used by permission) by Shanon Shah
THERE has been some speculation among political observers that PAS is trying to purge the progressives from the party. One news analysis
talked about the axeing of the “Erdogan” faction, referring to the
removal of none other than the party's Shah Alam Member of Parliament
(MP), Khalid Samad, as deputy commissioner II of Selangor PAS. |
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Seremban Umno chief lodges ACA report over money politics |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 07:50am |
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©New Straits Times (Used by permission)
SEREMBAN, THURS:
Seremban Umno chief Datuk Ishak Ismail today lodged a report to the
Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) regarding the payment of a cheque worth
RM1,000 believed linked to money politics.
He also brought to the ACA office here the
cheque allegedly issued by a Negeri Sembilan executive councillor to an
Umno branch head. |
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Zaid accuses Umno of selective persecution and double standards |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 07:35am |
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©The Sun (Used by permission) by Maria J. Dass
PETALING JAYA (Dec 4, 2008): Sacked
by Umno on Tuesday, former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
today rejected overtures to join other political parties, preferring
instead to use his independence and freedom to contribute to society in
his own way.
He accused Umno of practicing double standards and
selective persecution as there were people in the party who ridiculed
the president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and made racist remarks
but are still in the party. |
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Abdullah wants to settle key issues before leaving office |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 07:29am |
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©New Straits Times (Used by permission)
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs:
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he wants to deal with three key
issues — corruption, the judicial appointments commission and the
special complaints commission — before leaving office in March as the
nation will be in trouble if these issues are not addressed. |
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Mukhriz: Razak said it first |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 07:25am |
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©The Malaysian Insider (Used by permission)
by Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 - Umno Youth chief candidate Datuk Mukhriz
Mahathir continued to defend his proposal to unify the education system
today, stating that it is an idea that was first mooted in the Penyata
Razak (Razak Report) of 1956.
He made reference to the report by former Prime Minister Tun Abdul
Razak Hussein, the then Education Minister, which was to "unify
students from all races with one education system that covers all
races. We are of the opinion that to carry this out, we need to
integrate the syllabus of all schools." |
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Kit Siang accuses IGP of lobbying for private companies |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 07:18am |
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©The Malaysian Insider (Used by permission) by Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 – The Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan was accused of lobbying on behalf of two private companies hoping to secure more than RM24 billion worth of projects from the government. DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, who had just a day earlier challenged Musa’s contention that Malaysia’s crime rate was lower than Japan’s, read out excerpts from two letters the IGP allegedly wrote to the finance minister and the home minister on behalf of two companies known as Asiacopter and Web Power Sdn Bhd. |
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Anti-corruption law faces BN obstacles |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 07:02am |
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©The Malaysian Insider (Used by permission)
DEC 4 - If the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Bill is to have
a smooth passage through Parliament, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
may have to spend the next few days winning over some Barisan Nasional
MPs to his corner.
Or even consider imposing the Whip when the bill is tabled on December 10. Several BN MPs, speaking to The Malaysian Insider on condition of anonymity, are worried about the reach and influence of a more autonomous and powerful commission |
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