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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Malaysia has failed to undertake systematic reforms to fulfil Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s oath of office in April 2009 promising to respect “the fundamental rights of the people,” Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2010.

The 612-page report, the New York-based organisation’s 20th annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarises major human rights trends in more than 90 nations and territories worldwide.

JAN 6 — Avatar may well be the biggest anti War film of all time. It stands against everything the West is identified with.

It is against greed and capitalism, it is against interventionism, it is against colonialism and imperialism, it is against technological orientation, it is against America and Britain.

It puts Wolfowitz, Blair and Bush on trial without even mentioning their names.

It enlightens the true meaning of ethics as a dynamic judgmental process rather than fixed moral guidelines (such as the Ten Commandments or the 1948 Human Right Declaration).

In conjunction with the International Human Rights Day 2009, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) releases its Overview of Malaysia’s Human Rights Report for the year.

By Dr Kua Kia Soong, Director of SUARAM, 19 September 2009

KUCHING: The relocation of seven Penan villages affected by the proposed Murum hydroelectric dam in Belaga will be carried out according to the findings of a social and environmental impact assessment.

State environmental adviser Datuk Dr James Dawos said the government had appointed consultants to conduct the study, expected to be completed before the end of the year, and would take their report into consideration before coming up with a resettlement plan.

THE PENAN SUPPORT GROUP RESPONDS TO THE REPORT OF THE WOMEN, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY-LED TASK FORCE ON THE RAPE OF PENAN WOMEN IN SARAWAK

Exhibition Opening!
Thursday, 15 October, 8pm
Officiated by YB Charles Santiago, MP for Klang
Featuring performances TBA

SARAWAK STATE GOVERNMENT NOT LISTENING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Throughout his autocratic reign, Dr Mahathir displayed contempt for the rule of law. Some say he was ignorant of this principle of democratic governance, confounding it with “rule by law”. His frontal assault on the Malaysian judiciary in 1988 was an embarrassment for the nation so much so that his successor had to atone for this injury to “national security” twenty years later.