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Location: Siegessäule (Berlin’s Victory Column), facing the world famous Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany Time: 28 Apr, 2pm +0UTC Number of participants: 40+   40 participants, with 1/4 are non Malaysians International Bersih supporters (Many Germans, an Italian, an Indonesian) joined the rally . 2 Police officers came up to me and handed me a letter with the confirmation number for this gathering event I notified them. And then they stationed nearby just dedicated to safeguard our safety until we finished our rally. We distributed yellow flyers in both german and english…

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…

  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 )…

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…

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…