The Storytelling for Social Change: A Citizen Media Toolkit is a dedication to the conversations and camaraderie we fostered through a series of workshops and sessions organised between October and December 2023, in Kota Kinabalu with a circle comprising filmmakers, artists, writers, performers and creative […]
Moving to a new place for work has its own set of challenges, even when it is within the same country. Each state in Malaysia, or even districts within each state, has its own culture, cuisine, norms, and even accents or slang. For a number […]
There is so much going on in the world right now, so much hate, that sometimes I find myself thinking, is this hollow feeling that I wake up with almost every day just me and my depression-prone, hypersensitive brain, or is the world really full […]
Original Sabahan: Kisah Anak Tanpa Dokumen is a two-part documentary featuring stateless woman Catherine, and Gabriella, who received her blue Malaysian Identity Card (IC) last year. In Part 2 of the documentary, Founder of ANAK (Advocates for Non-Discrimination and Access to Knowledge), Anne Baltazar shares […]
18 Jun, tarikh keramat Hari Antarabangsa untuk Melawan Ucapan Kebencian telah diraikan buat julung kalinya pada tahun 2022 selepas ia diisytiharkan oleh Perhimpunan Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) melalui resolusinya mengenai “menggalakkan dialog antara agama dan antara budaya serta toleransi dalam menentang ucapan kebencian” yang diterima pakai pada Julai 2021.
Resolusi itu mengiktiraf keperluan untuk menentang diskriminasi, xenofobia dan ucapan kebencian dan seterusnya menyeru semua pihak yang berkepentingan, untuk meningkatkan usaha mereka dalam menangani fenomena ini, selaras dengan undang-undang hak asasi manusia antarabangsa.
Rice is a staple in Borneo – in food, in culture, in spirit. It is what we consume, both physically and philosophically. As we plant seeds into the soil, so too do we plant ourselves, rooting our identities into our home and heritage. But as […]
Tiada definisi universal yang dipersetujui dalam merungkai maksud ucapan kebencian, begitu juga dengan istilah ucapan kebencian yang dikodkan dalam undang-undang antarabangsa. Dalam mengkaji definisi ucapan kebencian daripada pelbagai institusi, ARTICLE 19 telah mengenal pasti bahawa istilah untuk merangkumi mana-mana ekspresi menyampaikan pendapat atau idea – membawa pendapat atau idea dalaman kepada khalayak luar.
In response to a recent event reported in the media (“Anger over Sabahan subjected to chokehold”), our writer recounts her own personal experiences as a Sabahan living abroad in Semenanjung Malaysia around two decades ago. Have you ever felt similarly for being Sabahan in Malaysia? In a country divided by the South China Sea, do you think that media has played a role in distorting perceptions of what it is to be Sabahan?
Saat senja aku memandangJauh ke depan,Sinar mentari semakin menjauh,Mengecil dari pandangan ku Saat malam, Sinar pelita menemanikuTarian ombak menghempas batuDan angin sepoi-sepoi membuathatiku tenang. Namun…Ketenangan cuma sementaraTiba-tibaJantungku… berdegup pantasBadanku… mengigil kesejukanKakiku melangkah… seribu…Entah ke mana…Mataku… tidak… mengenal malamTubuku dibasahi embun…Fikiranku… dipenuhi ketakutan Keluargu kurang bernasib […]
After some conversation and prolonged thought, we have decided to let Borneo Speaks enter a state of slumber. The movement and noise of the every-day in each of our lives have lulled us as a group/ entity/ collective/ organisation/ work-in-progress into what we call hibernation. […]