CPI introduction Below is the executive summary made by P. Waytha Moorthy, the founder of Hindraf and leader of the Human Rights Foundation Malaysia. Also uploaded is the paper presented before the US House Committee on foreign affairs and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. According to its brief, “Human Rights Foundation Malaysia is an… Continue reading HRF report to Washington: Institutional Racism in Malaysia
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Human Rights Narratives and Contestation in Malaysia: Contrasting Discourses of ‘Universality’ and ‘Hegemony’
The present chapter focuses on the Malaysian state’s human rights policies and practices in response to increased civil society participation in governance through the venue of non-electoral politics. A central question to be addressed in assessing the Malaysian human rights movement concerns whether, and to what degree, a political culture of participatory democracy may be… Continue reading Human Rights Narratives and Contestation in Malaysia: Contrasting Discourses of ‘Universality’ and ‘Hegemony’