Venue : The Esplanade Penang
Date : 15th November 2008 (Saturday)
Time : 8.00 pm
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Candlelight Vigil in Ipoh
Venue : Taman D.R. (note change of venue from earlier City Hall)
Date : 9th November 2008, Sunday
Time : 8.00 pm
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Venue: Padang in front of Amcorp Mall, next to A&W Restaurant, Petaling Jaya (Google Map)
Time: 8pm
Date: Sunday, 12th October, 2008
Come one, come all. Please bring along your own candles (red & yellow) & wear your RPK t-shirts. T-shirts will be available for sale on-site subject to stock availability. Let’s show our support to RPK & family, and all of the ISA detainees.
Andrew Ong | Oct 1, 08 6:28pm
Malaysiakini
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came face to face with at least 40 activists calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the release of all detainees under the law.
A visibly amused Abdullah shook hands and greeted the activists at the Hari Raya open house in PWTC hosted by him and his cabinet ministers.
Abdullah was smiling throughout as he shook hands and exchanged small talk with the activists, as his jittery bodyguards looked on.
“He asked how I was and remembered we met in August,” said blogger and lawyer Haris Ibrahim.
“I replied by saying ‘Please, please, please, please, please abolish the ISA.”
Continue reading ‘Anti-ISA activists at PM open house’
Hari Raya Message From Kamunting
by Marina
I just read my husband’s article on www. malaysia-today.net No Holds Barred and was extremely upset and it made my heart so heavy reading what Pet wrote: “It costs RM8 to feed a dog according to the Malay Mail survey and only RM4.50 to feed ISA detainees…..
I feed my cats and fish premium food such as science diet and would never dream of feeding my pets the food that we are fed here. I actually stopped eating the food here after the first couple of days because it gave me diarrhea. A couple of nights ago I vomitted after eating the food and now I cannot even stand the sight or smell of the trays that they sent to our cell twice a day. I now survive on dates and plain bread…..”
Umno preparing food for 200,000 people for their Open House for the 1st day of Hari Raya and what would the cost be per head?
How can Muslims of high authority use this unIslamic law, the ISA, on people during the month of Ramadan (the holy month for Muslims), put them under such barbaric conditions and rehabilitate them according to their perverted standards. Where is the compassion, where is the humanity and most important of all, where is the love of mankind that Islam enjoins its followers to observe? Can someone please explain all this to me? I am really very confused. All I can see is hypocrisy and man’s inhumanity to man, not compassion, consideration and common decency.
Continue reading ‘Marina - Straight From The Heart’
27 September 2008, Kuala Lumpur
Video by Malaysiakini.TV
Anti-ISA vigil turns into peace march
Andrew Ong and Rahmah Ghazali | Sep 27, 08 8:05pm
About 2,000 people staged a peaceful march through the busy streets of Kuala Lumpur tonight calling for the abolishment of Internal Security Act and freeing detainees under the Act.
Continue reading ‘Anti-ISA vigil turns into peace march’
27 September 2008, Kuala Lumpur.
Video by Malaysiakini.TV
Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman
Chairman
Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)
29th Floor, Menara Tun
Razak, Jalan Raja Laut
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel. + 603 2612 5600
Fax. + 603 2612 5620
15 September 2008
Dear Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman,
The Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) writes to you today regarding the arrests of Mr. Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Ms. Tan Hoon Cheng, and Ms. Teresa Kok on 12 September 2008. All three were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Mr. Raja Petra Kamaruddin was arrested at around 1:10 pm from his home in Sungai Buloh allegedly by police personnel from Bukit Aman. Mr. Raja Petra Kamaruddin is the founder of the website Malaysia Today. The reason for his arrest is allegedly because he posted articles ridiculing Islam and Muslims in his website.
Ms. Tan Hoon Cheng, a journalist, was arrested at around 8:30 pm from her home in Bukit Mertajam. She had previously written an article reporting the racist statements of Mr. Ahmad Ismail, a member of the ruling party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). She reported Mr. Ahmad Ismail making a statement that Chinese Malaysians are “squatters” in the country.
Ms. Teresa Kok, a Member of Parliament, was arrested at around 11:18 pm as she was making her way back to her apartment. Ms. Teressa Kok had been reported recently to have claimed that she had requested the mosque officials of Kota Damansara, Sri Serdang, and Puchong Jaya to tone down the call to prayer. She has, however, denied that she had made such a request. In addition, the mosque officials in question also denied that they ceased sounding of the call to prayer because of any pressure from Ms. Teresa
Kok.
Continue reading ‘Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions’
Press Statement
by People’s Empowerment
16 September 2008
The arrest of two journalists and one Member of Parliament over the past weekend under the Internal Security Act (ISA) by Malaysian authorities, is in gross violation of the Malay Constitution, ASEAN Charter and international human rights norms, explained Chalida Tajaroensuk, Director of People’s Empowerment in a statement released today.
“The ISA is intended to combat serious threats to public security, not political intimidation” said Ms. Tajaroensuk, in light of the detention of Raja Petra Kamar, Tan Hoon Cheng, and Teresa Kok. While Ms. Cheng has subsequently been released, Mr. Kamar and Ms. Kok remain in detention, deprived of access to family or legal representation.
All three were detained under Section 73(1) of the ISA based on “reasonable cause to believe that they were acting in a manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia” reports stated. However, government sources have failed to clarify what threat, if any, the three posed.
Continue reading ‘Use of ISA by Malaysian Government violation of Malay Constitution, ASEAN Charter, and International Law’
BARISAN INDONESIA*
*UNTUK HAK SIPIL DAN POLITIK*
*ASIA TENGGARA*
*Sekretariat: INSTITUT STUDI ARUS INFORMASI*
*Jalan Utankayu 49, Jakarta Timur 13120*
*Telepon: +62-21-85911830, Fax: +62-21-8567811*
*Email: office@isai.or.id *
*Yang terhormat*
*Bapak Dato’ Seri Syed Hamid*
*bin Syed Jaafar Al**bar*
*Menteri Dalam Negei*
*Blok D2, Parcel D.*
*Pusat Pertadbiran*
*Kerajaan Persekutuan*
*62546 Putrajaya*
*PERNYATAAN:*
*”STOP PENGGUNAAN ISA UNTUK/ :/*
*(1) PENINDASAN PERS (2) PENEKANAN POLITISI PRO-DEMOKRASI DAN (3) TINDAKAN KEKERASAN TERHADAP PARA AKTIFIS SOSIAL DAN HAM MALAYSIA”*
Kami /Barisan Indonesia Untuk Hak Sipil dan Politik Asia Tenggara/ mengutuk dan memprotes keras Pemerintah Malaysia atas penangkapam dan penahanan jurnalis serta politisi yang dilakukan pada 12 September 2008 terhadap:
1. Raja Petra Kamaruddin, editor portal /Malaysia Today/ (www.m2day.org
2. Tan Hoon Cheng, jurnalis /Sin Chew Jit Poh/
3. Teresa Kok, anggota parlemen
Kami prihatin bahwa Pemerintah Malaysia masih menggunakan undang-undang yang represif yakni /Internal Security Act /(ISA – UU Keamanan Dalam Negeri) untuk membungkam pers, menekan politisi pro-demokrasi dan para aktifis sosial dan HAM di Malaysia.
Continue reading ‘BARISAN INDONESIA* *UNTUK HAK SIPIL DAN POLITIK* *ASIA TENGGARA’
