Year: 2012

Press Release: Blaming Dataran students like blaming women for rape – Global Bersih

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20 April 2012 GLOBAL Bersih condemns the Malaysian government for doing nothing to address the violent attack on the Occupy Dataran student movement. Putrajaya’s criticism of the injured victims is like blaming women for rape. Putrajaya’s failure to stand by and protect young citizens who converged in the heart of our capital city, Kuala Lumpur, is the act of a government that has failed civil society. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s silence in this matter is also an act of sacrilege in the face of Malaysia’s history of independence – if…

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Bersih 3.0 à Paris / Bersih 3.0 in Paris

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Communiqué de press en français |  Press release in English 18 avril 2012 Communiqué de presse Les citoyens malaisiens de France lancent un appel à la solidarité avec les manifestants de Kuala Lumpur qui se réuniront le 28 avril en faveur d’élections libres et justes en Malaisie, au sein de la campagne BERSIH. BERSIH est une campagne non partisane, soutenue par plus de 60 ONG malaisiennes, issue de la société civile. Elle demande une réforme électorale immédiate axée en 8 points: 1. La validité des listes électorales 2. La réforme du…

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#bersihstories – Clement Ting, Petaling Jaya (formerly in Melbourne)

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Clement Ting, second from bottom, right I was once a Malaysian that held 0% interest in politics and love for the country. I had the belief that as long as I can stand on my own two feet and excel academically, I will be able to succeed anywhere in the world. I never had much love for the country much as I felt the country did not have much love for me. I studied in Australia for my 3 year degree where I had planned to migrate, live there, and die…

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Green Left: Bersih 3.0 democracy movement plans mass sit-in on April 28 – Peter Boyle

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Original post by Peter Boyle available here.   The Global Bersih 2.0 rally in Melbourne, Australia, on July 9, 2011. Photo by Sean Seymour-Jones/GLW. The Bersih 2.0 mobilisation was banned by the government which set up roadblocks around the capital Kuala Lumpur, carried out pre-emptive arrests of activists and tried to ban the wearing of yellow clothes, the colour code used by the movement. Yet on the July 9 some 50,000 defied the riot squad, tear gas attacks and 1600 arrests and took to the streets… It became the “Malaysian Spring”…

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#bersihstories – Salam Bersih dari Kuala Lumpur ke Kota New York – Nurul Shaheedah

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Nurul Syaheedah Jes Izman / Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Pagi hari yang cerah disinar mentari,dihiasi pepohon hijau dengan daun berjuta melambai sayu. Tanah subur bersulam bunga berbagai warna diatas bumi diiringi bunyi kicauan burung-burung,  menjadi petanda hari bersejarah yang bakal diukir. Sambil menyaksikan segala keindahan alam serta kesibukan insan di Kota New York, hati bersyukur kepada tuhan akan kebebasan yang dinikmati di bumi orang. Sebaliknya hati terasa hiba lagi terharu memikirkan apa yang telah berlaku di tanah air sendiri 12 jam yang lalu. Sememangnya saya bersyukur dengan apa…

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Video: The First Follower – Leadership Lessons From the Dancing Guy

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Feeling daunted by the thought of having to organise a Bersih 3.0 rally for your city? Watch the video for some tips and follow the process to creating a new event. Every city counts. You can make the difference for Malaysia. Official transcript at http://sivers.org/ff — If you’ve learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let’s watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons: A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he’s doing is so…

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Video: Global Bersih revs up for 3.0 rallies (Malaysiakini)

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Nigel Aw 3:01PM Apr 17, 2012 Original site address:  http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/195240 Global Bersih, the international section of the electoral reform coalition, has stepped up efforts to mobilise the Malaysian diaspora for rallies on April 28, in tandem with the planned 3.0 sit-in at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. With rallies already scheduled in 41 cities across 14 countries, Global Bersih today launched its official website, complete with detailed instructions on how Malaysians abroad can organise rallies in more cities. The website also features the experiences of overseas Malaysians during the Bersih 2.0 global rallies last…

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