Friday, November 30, 2012

Chapter I, Minority Report

Banning Hindraf is akin to killing human rights in Malaysia

Wars and segregations in name of religion have put a question mark on the very existence of humanity and social values. Human rights find no place in the new setup and are severely butchered even in democracies. The hollow democratic setup in Malaysia is the latest addition.

The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which comprises of 30 Hindu NGOs in Malaysia and gives voice to two million plus ethnic Indians, majority being Tamil Hindus, was banned by the government on grounds that it is a threat to Malaysia’s internal security and peace under the country’s draconian Internal Security Act. Home Minister, Syed Hamid Albar clarified the stand by saying, “Hindraf is clearly using religion as a tool to create disharmony between religions and between races..." This clearly means that the voice of the minority Indians in Malaysia is being gagged and being further pushed into socio-economic disparity to curb the interests of dominating Malays community.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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