Inspiring sense of one-ness outside RPK’s trial

 Civil society, Democracy, Human rights, Media  3 Responses »
Oct 062008
 

Raja Petra arrives in court for his sedition trial this morning Rakyat@Work sends us this eye-witness account from court: Folks, keep supporting Raja and be there tomorrow? It was a fantastic experience. I got to shake hands with great people such as Marina, Din Merican, Lim Kit Siang, Ronnie and some famous bloggers. You wanna feel what justice is all about? Be there. There were really generous people too, who gave out free T-shirts, drinks, and cakes. Of course, stocks of T-shirts for sales were also available. A feeling of one-ness was there: people of different races who share the same sadness but carry the same hope and resolve to see this through. It’s difficult to express in words.

RPK meets Marina in Kamunting on his birthday

 Civil society, Human rights, Media  19 Responses »
Sep 292008
 

Marina was able to visit RPK on his birthday in Kamunting on Saturday, 27 September. Interesting that part of RPK’s rehabilitation (or is it punishment?!) involves reading the NST! Here is another touching account of their encounter: Happy 58th Birthday, Love Yesterday, 27 September 2008 was Pet’s Birthday. My two daughters’ and I were allowed the scheduled visit to see Pet at Kamunting on his 58th birthday. When we wished him Happy Birthday he had forgotten it was his birthday and we told him that we had brought along birthday cards hand-drawn by his two grandchildren, ages 5 and 6, one from Jia Wei age 7, one card signed by a few of his friends and also three books. We had to handover all the items with the prison authorities and they would only give it to him after inspection. I told him of the numerous emails, sms, calls, on [Read more]

300 attend Abolish ISA vigil; Film fest opens in Penang

 Human rights, Media  24 Responses »
Sep 272008
 
300 attend Abolish ISA vigil; Film fest opens in Penang

Some 300 people turned up for an Abolish ISA candlelight vigil in Penang last night (Photos by Amiruddin, Wartawan Rasmi Laman Reformasi) John Pilger’s award-winning War on Democracy, which was screened at the opening of the Freedom Film Fest in Penang last night Just a couple of updates on what’s been happening around Penang: But before that, a Molotov cocktail was reportedly hurled into Teresa Kok’s parents’ house at 2.55am today. Thankfully, they failed to explode and no one was hurt. Last night, some 300 people attended an Abolish ISA candlelight vigil in front of Dewan Sri Pinang for the third Friday night in a row. More pictures by Amiruddin here. I wasn’t there as I was at the Wawasan Open University attending the Freedom Film Fest (see below). From what I hear, those who attended the candlelight vigil wrote dozens of greeting cards to the detainees in Kamunting. Many [Read more]

Free films in Penang; candle-light vigil too

 Media  4 Responses »
Sep 262008
 

Quite a few things happening tonight. Check out the Freedom Film Festival in Penang this weekend. It is organised by Komas and is being held at the Wawasan Open University from today until Sunday. The action has already begun… Details of films here. Choose what you like and come and support the festival. You might also like to join in the Abolish ISA Movement’s candle-light vigil in front of Dewan Sri Pinang tonight from 9.30pm onwards.

Freedom Film Festival comes to Penang

 Human rights, Media  No Responses »
Sep 232008
 
Freedom Film Festival comes to Penang

Hi folks, I highly recommend this film festival. Choose a film that catches your fancy and support the cause of freedom and justice. And it’s free! This event has been growing and growing over the years. The old venue near Green Hall was just not big enough anymore, so the organisers had to find a bigger place to hold the festival. This year’s festival will be held in Wawasan Open University in Penang on 26-28 September. The theme “Democratic Space – Making Room for Human Rights” was chosen to draw attention to the deteriorating state of democracy in Malaysia. What was once a desperate situation of increasing restrictions to freedom of speech, assembly, information, free and fair elections, religious practice and other basic rights, since the March elections and with the dawn of a new political era, the space suddenly feels bigger. The questions that still beg to be asked [Read more]

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