Should we be worried about POTA?
Should we be worried about POTA? By Zan Azlee So the POTA has been passed in Parliament. What is it? It’s the Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2015 and it was […]
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The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 41) – Journalists arrested, democracy re-died again?
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 41) – Journalists arrested, democracy re-died again? Journalists of online news portal The Malaysian Insider were recently arrested by the police for an allegedly seditious […]
Writers should not be threatened with police reports
Writers should not be threatened by police reports By Zan Azlee The recent police report made by a chairman of an NGO against online columnist Mariam Mokhtar for an opinion […]
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Eps 32) – Unsimplifying Charlie Hebdo
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Eps 32) – Unsimplifying Charlie Hebdo Killing is never the answer, but the Charlie Hebdo incident is no straight forward act of terror. Zan and Aizyl […]
Charlie Hebdo may be bigoted, but it has a right to be so
Artist: Arif Rafhan Othman Charlie Hebdo may be bigoted, but it has a right to be so By Zan Azlee So who is to say that the French newspaper Charlie […]
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 29) – Students say hell no, they won’t go!
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 29) – Students say hell no, they won’t go! Deciding to get off their asses for the day, Zan and Aizyl went to give #OccupyUM […]
If they start muzzling academics, who will be next?
If they start muzzling academics, who will be next? By Zan Azlee Universities in North America have something called the tenure system where professors are appointed and then are guaranteed […]
We have a right to question and criticise
We have a right to question and criticise By Zan Azlee I am highly critical of things that I see of my country, my people and my religion as I […]
In Focus: Singapore Rebel
Tonight’s ‘In Focus‘ documentary episode takes a look at how Singapore, a country so representative of first world development is also one that is notorious for media censorship and also […]
Shh.. you might get suspended!
Shh!! You might get suspended! By Zan Azlee The last I checked, the Malaysian Constitution stated under Article 10, that every citizen is guaranteed the right to freedom of speech. […]
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