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Human Rights Day 2012

By On December 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Activism, Anti-Death Penalty, Civil Rights, Other Issues, Singapore

Around this time last year I was sweating it out in Hong Lim Park, lounging on mats spread out on the grass, chatting away with friends and acquaintances. This year, I’m hunched over my laptop in my room in Cardiff, swamped with research, readings and assignments.

Yesterday my friends were once [...]

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Kill The Bill

"Come, to the streets" – A message to friends across the Causeway

By On November 28, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Activism, Other Issues, World

Tomorrow, Malaysians will take to the streets to walk for freedom. “I haven’t seen social media platforms so fired up since Bersih 2.0!” says my friend Cindi.

This time, they’ll be protesting the Peaceful Assembly Bill. The Bill, which [...]

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Refugees

What sort of solution is the Malaysian Solution?

By On October 28, 2011 · 7 Comments · In World

NOTE: I am neither Malaysian nor Australian, but was shocked by even just the idea of the Malaysian Solution. If you feel like I have misunderstood Malaysian or Australian contexts, please do not hesitate to add your thoughts in the comments!

For those of you who don’t already know about the Malaysian [...]

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