Malaysia

Arts & Culture

Lunar New Year is all about food, family, food, peacebuilding and food

Lunar New Year brings people together, but it’s the food that connects them

Politics & Society

Principles aren’t enough when human rights meet business

The United Nation’s Guiding Principles on business and human rights are struggling to gain traction in places where abuses are just business-as-usual for powerful elites

Politics & Society

Anwar Ibrahim’s rebirth and Malaysia’s LGBT+ rights

Could the release and political rebirth of Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim signal a change in the country’s stance on LGBT+ rights?

Politics & Society

Malaysia’s remarkable election outcome

Malaysia’s ruling coalition had been in power for 61 years, until this month. But what do the unexpected election results mean if viewed through the lens of constitutional rights and the rule of law?

Arts & Culture

The medical student who helped change Australia

Ismail bin Abdul Rahman’s graduation from the University of Melbourne sparked a cultural shift that contributed to the end of the White Australia Policy

Arts & Culture

A long road until justice served

Bringing before a court those responsible for firing the missile that shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, killing 298 people, will be complicated.