COMMENT | Speak up against fear, Bangsa Malaysia
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COMMENT | For almost 20 years, members of the Freedom Film Network (FFN) have shared stories on poverty, inequality, and injustice in Malaysia.
These social justice stories of ordinary people are important, as we live in a backdrop of fear: fear of intimidation and harassment from those who want to silence these stories.
The politics of fear has made us afraid to broach the subjects of race, poverty, and inequality and instead to view them as not our problems, not our issues, and not our struggles.
We have shown through our films that this is not true. These stories are important to us, as Bangsa Malaysia. They are public interest stories that tell the truth, unveil what is beyond the surface and bring to light important human interest issues in Malaysia. These are issues not often covered in the media.
Monday, 26 Jul 2021 10:03 AM MYT
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JULY 26 For almost 20 years, members of the Freedom Film Network (FFN) have shared stories on poverty, inequality and injustice in Malaysia.
These social justice stories of ordinary people are important, as we live in a backdrop of fear: fear of intimidation and harassment from those who want to silence these stories.
The politics of fear has made us afraid to broach the subjects of race, poverty and inequality and to view them as not our problems, not our issues, not our struggles.
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LETTER | Dear Mr PM, Malaysia is traumatised
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LETTER | I am an international psychology trauma specialist. Ironically, the reason I can sit alone in silence and pen these thoughts is trauma. I have a family member in the isolation ward of a Kuala Lumpur hospital, under observation, having developed pneumonia as a result of the complete failure of the government-mandated Covid-19 quarantine. As my loved one lies in the hospital bed with dignity, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin lies in a hospital bed, desperate and having video conferences trying to hold on to power.
I have worked globally on female genital cutting, honour-based violence and killings, forced child prostitution and drug busts from South Asia to West Africa. Inroads have been made into these issues because of outrage on the ground and around the world. This is what I see happening in Malaysia: there is a growing, potent anger among the rakyat that I believe can and will affect needed change. Indeed,
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