Auschwitz is the Nazi extermination camp in Poland for the Jewish people whom Hitler wished to eliminate from the face of the earth. This place is the well-known monument to modern-day an act of genocide. Standing in Auschwitz, one may actually feel the horror of facing, not only personal death, but the death of your entire culture and genetic heritage.Continue reading “Rohingyas: Out of the Depths of Suffering, We Cry”
Memperingati Peristiwa Nakba
Saban tahun pada tarikh 15 Mei, rakyat Palestin dan masyarakat dunia memperingati peristiwa “Nakba”. Nakba merupakan istilah Arab yang bermaksud “malapetaka” yang merujuk kepada peristiwa pengusiran seramai 750,000 rakyat Palestin dari rumah mereka pada tahun 1948, iaitu tahun negara haram Israel ditubuhkan, dan pemusnahan beratus-ratus perkampungan mereka oleh tentera Yahudi. Manakala berjuta-juta pelarian Palestin dipaksa hidup dalam buangan di luar negara Yahudi. Dianggarkan juga bahawa 1 dalam setiap 4 rakyat Palestin adalah pelarian domestik. Semua pelarian Palestin, tanpa mengira tempat tinggal, dihalang oleh pihak Israel dari melaksanakan “hak untuk pulang”, haqq al-‘awda (“the right of return”) ke tanahair mereka, yang merupakan hak yang termaktub di dalam Artikel 13, Perisytiharan Hak Asasi Manusia Sejagat (UDHR) 1948 dan diperakui melalui Artikel 11 Resolusi 194 yang diluluskan Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (UNGA) pada 11 Disember 1948.
Alhamdulilah I am 40 today
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there. — Jalaluddin Ar Rumi
Alhamdulillah. I am 40 years old today.
The toughest part of my life was the passing of my mother in 1991 and what followed. My parents were already no longer around when I turned 34. Now that I’m through the other side, it is all sacred to me. It is part of who I am. It is in my blood and spirit, my dreams, my eyes, my worldview.
It transformed me.
Malaysia aset strategik kepemimpinan OIC
Rencana ini ditulis bersempena kunjungan rasmi Tan Sri Dr. Iyad Ameen Madani, Setiausaha Agung OIC ke Malaysia, 14-17 April 2015. Diterbitkan di ruangan rencana, Utusan Malaysia hari ini.
Salah satu cabaran terbesar yang telah digariskan Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC) yang baru, Tan Sri Dr. Iyad Ameen Madani yang perlu ditangani pertubuhan tersebut ialah memperkayakan perbahasan hak asasi manusia dengan nilai-nilai dan prinsip-prinsip Islam. Hal ini ditegaskan secara khusus ketika beliau menghadiri sesi keempat Suruhanjaya Bebas Tetap Hak Asasi Manusia (IPHRC) OIC di Jeddah pada 2 Februari 2014, genap kira-kira setahun selepas beliau secara rasminya diisytiharkan sebagai pemegang jawatan tertinggi pertubuhan tersebut. Tan Sri Dr. Iyad menyebutkan secara khususnya isu-isu had-had kebebasan bersuara, kesamarataan gender, perlaksanaan hak asasi manusia yang bersesuaian dengan sistem peundangan dan perlembagaan negara anggota OIC, serta tindakan menyekat ektremisme sebagai antara keutamaan OIC dalam tahun-tahun mendatang. Hal-hal tersebut perlu diberikan penumpuan kerana sedang menjadi antara punca pertentangan utama perbahasan hak asasi manusia di peringkat sejagat ketika ini.
CENTHRA welcomes OIC policies on terrorism
Issued on the sidelines of the 7th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights & Democracy | 24 February 2015 | Centre International de Conférences Geneva (CIGC)
On Rabiul Akhir 26, 1436 (February 15, 2015), the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islāmic Cooperation (OIC) reiterated its unabated determination to stand steadfast against extremism and terrorism in all their forms. As the leading principle of its statement, the OIC categorically rejects any attempt to link terrorism with any country, ethnic group, religion, culture, or nationality.
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Call for Resignation and Censure of the President of the Malaysian Bar
Call for Resignation and Censure of the President of the Malaysian Bar for Misleading the Public – Lukman Sheriff Alias and Azril Mohd Amin
The first thing that came to mind when we read the press release of the Malaysian Bar issued on February 11th, 2015, by its President, Christopher Leong on Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s conviction, was the President misrepresenting the law and facts on the case. We were in utter disbelief on how a President who is supposed to represent the learned members of the Bar could have arrived at such misleading position. Indeed, as Leong himself put it, “it is a strange world that we live in.”
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Without due regard for the law
This is a joint press statement issued by Azril Mohd Amin who is the chief executive of the Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA), and Faidhur Rahman Abdul Hadi who is the co-founder of the Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ). Published in The Malay Mail Online today.
PRESS STATEMENT
REPUDIATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS AND THE BAR COUNCIL FOR STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE CONVICTION OF ANWAR IBRAHIM PURSUANT TO SECTION 377B OF THE MALAYSIAN PENAL CODE
12 FEBRUARY 2015
WE make reference to the Press Release of the President of the Malaysian Bar, Christopher Leong of the Bar Council on 11 February 2015 as well as the Press Release of the International Commission of Jurists on 10 February 2015 both of which concern the affirmation by the Federal Court of Malaysia on 10 February of the Court of Appeal decision on 8 March 2014 to convict Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy pursuant to Section 377B of the Penal Code of Malaysia.
Toleransi, Kebebasan Bersuara di Barat Tidak Adil
Telah disiarkan di ruangan rencana, Berita Harian.
Baru-baru ini isu kebebasan bersuara di Malaysia kembali menjadi hangat apabila seorang peguam hak asasi manusia yang juga pengasas bersama Lawyers for Liberty, Eric Paulsen mengeluarkan ungkapan “tweet” yang menuduh JAKIM mempromosi ekstremisme di dalam khutbah Jumaat di seluruh negara. Pihak berkuasa telah menjalankan siasatan terhadap tindakan beliau tersebut. Sama ada tindakan tegas berlandaskan undang-undang akan diambil ataupun tidak terhadap Eric, secara moralnya beliau telah mengguris perasaan umat Islam di Malaysia dan mengakibatkan prasangka buruk orang bukan Islam terhadap masyarakat Islam. Perbuatan beliau tidak dapat diterima sesiapapun yang berfikiran waras dan cintakan keharmonian beragama di sesebuah negara.Continue reading “Toleransi, Kebebasan Bersuara di Barat Tidak Adil”
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