Video: Bersih 3.0 Taipei, Taiwan Highlights
Month: May 2012
Video: Bersih 3.0 Hong Kong
#DearAmbiga outpouring of support – selected tweets
16 May 2012 Malaysian netizens today have come out in full force expressing their support and solidary with Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan who has been the target of harassment outside her private home in Kuala Lumpur. Ambiga responded to the outpouring of tweets with with a photo of bouquets sent to her house in solidarity: @Ambiga_S: The people judge. Am safe with them. Heartfelt thanks! Hidup Rakyat! @Ambiga_S: The people, our hope! Hidup Rakyat! Below are selected tweets from today: @PhillyTan: #dearambiga Thank you for standing for truth. May integrity prevail in…
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Video: Acts of intimidation outside Ambiga Sreenevasan’s Home (Malaysiakini)
‘Burger’ protest outside home of Ambiga Sreenevasan Army veterans flex their behinds at Ambiga’s house (Malaysiakini)
Read MoreVideo: Official Videos from Bersih 3.0 Melbourne
Press Release: Burger stall protest is first step to lawlessness, says Global Bersih
11 May 2012 THE shocking spectacle of yesterday’s burger stall incident outside the home of Ambiga Sreenevasan was a public threat against a very respected Malaysian figure that must never be allowed to happen again, Global Bersih said today. There is no running away from the fact that Ikhlas, its chairman Mohamed Ridzuan Abdullah and the others held the personal safety of Dato Ambiga, her friends and family hostage by their action. To call it a ‘gimmick’, as reported in the press, is to make light of a public threat to the…
Read MoreReport: Bersih 3.0 Portland, USA
Location: Portland, USA Time: 28 Apr, 10AM -8UTC Number of participants: 62 Bersih3.0 Portland was held successfully with no incident. We were nearly 62 strong (some came late after the picture and national anthem session), and came from places all over the state and even some from Seattle (3.5 our drive). We had some locals, we also had students. The rally/sit-in protest started at 10AM and ended at about 12PM, we talked, we took loads of pictures, organizers gave some speech, we read Bersih’s demands and lastly sang Negaraku!!
Read MoreReport: Bersih 3.0 Manchester, UK
Location: Sogo, Hong Kong, China Time: 28 Apr, 2pm +10UTC Number of participants: 500+ Participants began gathering outside of Sogo, Causeway Bay, at 2pm. Organizers estimated that about 50 would come, and two days before the event, the number swelled to 100. But by the time everyone gathered outside of Sogo, the organizers received a warning from the police for underestimating their number! We had about 500 participants, and some of them were Malaysian tourists who happened to be in HK this weekend. Malaysians in Macau, Shenzhen, and Guangdong also came down to join our rally.…
Read MoreReport: Bersih 3.0 Houston, USA
Location: Hermann Park, Houston, USA Time: 28 Apr, 11am -6UTC Number of participants: 120+ The sit-in rally in Houston was held at Hermann Park. There were about 120 people from Austin, Dallas, Houston and the nearby cities. We sang Negaraku, listen to speeches and signed a memorandum. Participates expressed their anger and frustration towards the electoral problems in Malaysia, as well as complaining about the corruption and injustice back home. But the overwhelming sentiments in our gathering were love and hope. Love for the country we came from, and…
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