Location: Brisbane, Australia Time: Morning workshop: 11am – 1pm. Afternoon rally: 1.30pm – 2.30pm. +10UTC Number of participants: 150+ The event kicked off at 11am on Saturday morning with an educational workshop organized by Ben Mok, Sree, and Jon-Michale Chia. The workshop was held inside the Brisbane Square State Library and the aim of the workshop was to educate our participants on what Bersih really is, what are the 8 points of Bersih, and how they can contribute back home even though they are living overseas. The workshop was supposed…
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Video: Countdown of Global Bersih 3.0 locations @ Federation Square, Melbourne
Report: Bersih 3.0 Suzhou, China
Location: Bird’s Nest, Suzhou China Time: 28 Apr, 12pm +8UTC Number of participants: 80+ About 80 to 90 Malaysians supported the event as we care for the nation and our children. 30 over Malaysians joined by another 30+ Singaporeans and local Chinese who supported the cause met earlier at 12pm at Simon restaurant despite the location being called off after being intimidated by the local authorities. At 4.00pm, most of the Malaysians adjourned to Suzhou Jinji Lake with the iconic Suzhou Bird Nest ( Cultural & Convention Central )…
Read MoreReport: Bersih 3.0 Auckland, New Zealand
Location: Aotea Square, Auckland, New Zealand Time: 28th April 2012, 1pm +12 UTC Number of participants: 330 people Description of events: Many Bersih supporters surprised us by arriving much earlier than the stipulated time of 1pm. They were eager to help in anyway: propping up banners, blowing up balloons and collecting signatures for our Memorandum to the NZ High Commission to demand our right to vote from overseas. Some manned our “Bersih Juice” (pineapple juice) stand, which was a clever ruse to get passersby to stop and read our Bersih…
Read MoreReport: Bersih 3.0 Shanghai, China
Location: The Bund (Sightseeing Platform), Shanghai, China Time: 28 Apr, 2pm +8UTC Number of participants: 150+ Description of events: Starting from 1:30pm, participants were arriving and taking their photos respectively, few local policemen questioning them but didn’t stop them or dispersed them. At 2pm sharp, with another group gathered underneath the platform joining the crowd at the platform, the crown reached about 150 and the police also grown to about 20, the group photo session commenced. The photo session under tight police observation took about 5 minutes. In view of…
Read MoreAudio: Malaysians up the ante on electoral reform (The Wire, Australia)
Original source: The Wire The dust is still settling after protests for electoral reform in Malaysia at the weekend. Protests were mainly peaceful in the 87 different locations worldwide from Sydney and Melbourne to New York. But it was the dramatic scenes in central Kuala Lumpur that made headlines across the world when police fired tear gas and a water cannon at people in the vicinity, including Australian senator Nick Xenophon. It is still unclear how the demonstration that was intended to be peaceful turned violent, but activists say what…
Read MoreFormer US Ambassador to Malaysia, John Malott in solidarity with Global Bersih
Unedited Video footage of John Malott, the former US ambassador to Malaysia gave his support to Bersih 3.0. He joined the Bersih 3.0 gathering at Washington DC. I am John Malott, and I was the American Ambassador in Malaysia many years ago. I’m here to show my support for the Malaysians who are marching in Washington DC and around the world for free and fair elections. As an American, it’s not up to me to say who should run Malaysia’s Government. That’s up to the Malaysian people. But they have…
Read MoreVideo: Bersih did not lose control. (Malaysiakini)
Organisers did not lose control on protesters during the Bersih 3.0 demonstration yesterday, insisted Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan.
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