- TV cleansing to a fault
Malaysians should be shown the entire BBC video footage of Bersih 3.0 — apart from other video clips by other parties — before they can make an informed judgment, writes Mustafa K Anuar. The massive participation by ordinary Malaysians in the recent Bersih 3.0 sit-in rally in Kuala Lumpur (and elsewhere in the country and [...]
- How do thee revolt? Let me count the ways
Contrary to the unfounded fear propagated by the ruling elites, the participants of Bersih 3.0 are not bent on overthrowing the government via revolutionary means, observes Azmil Mohd Tayeb. The oft-quoted though wrongly-attributed apocryphal remark “Let them eat cake!” epitomises the arrogance and obliviousness of an Ancien Régime that is tone deaf to the plight [...]
- Worrying reports of ISA detainees on hunger strike
Aliran is deeply concerned over the health of at least 10 ISA detainees in the Kamunting Detention Camp who have reportedly been on hunger strike for almost a week now. Their hunger strike is a protest against their indefinite detention without trial under the Internal Security Act, which is about to be repealed and replaced [...]
- Slippery slope to lawlessness
Aliran is shocked by Deputy Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar’s glib reaction to the 10 May protest by Malaysian Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Alliance (Iklas) members outside Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan’s home. “What offence? If you want to sit in front of her house without disrupting other people, there is no offence,” he states without [...]
- The death of civil liberties
Parliament has created a monstrous law that defies legal logic as much as it flies in the face of promise of reforms towards a more inclusive and participatory democracy, writes Malik Imtiaz Sarwar. Though the Government has said much about the repeal of the infamous Internal Security Act, little has been said to explain how [...]
- Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd?
Compare the attendance at Umno’s 66th anniversary celebration at Bukit Jalil Stadium on 11 May to the Bersih 3.0 turnout. There is simply no comparison, asserts P Ramakrishnan. Much has been made of the so-called 100,000 turnout of Umno members at the Bukit Jalil Stadium to observe Umno’s 66th anniversary celebrations. Umno president Datuk Seri [...]
- Pindaan PPPA: Antara pujukan baru dan rinduan lama
Selagi ada ciri-ciri lama yang bukan demokratik dalam pindaan ini dan budaya politik, selagi itulah kebebasan media tersekat. Akta ini seharusnya dimansuhkan saja, ujar Mustafa K Anuar. Dalam sebuah sistem demokrasi, rakyat jelata diandaikan mempunyai hak dan kebebasan untuk bersuara untuk meluahkan perasaan dan akal fikiran yang ingin dikongsi bersama melalui media massa, forum, petisyen, [...]
- A thin yellow line
Tessa Houghton describes her experience as an observer at the Bersih 3.0 rally in KL. The morning of 28 April 2012, in Taman Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur. Two slightly hungover New Zealanders do a bag check: “Water?” “Check.” “Camera?” “Check.” “Cellphone?” “Check.” “50 ringgit each?” “Check.” So far, so touristic. “Running shoes?” “Check.” “Black and [...]
- Despicable, contemptible behaviour must be condemned
Aliran is shocked and alarmed by the puerile and infantile behaviour of Perkasa, whose members numbering about 30 held an atrocious ‘funeral rite’ in front of the Penang Chief Minister’s house in Pinhorn Road yesterday. They also put up a garlanded framed photograph on the gate of the house ‘to signify his “death” to the [...]
- Pictomentaries on the Bersih 3.0 fallout
Three more ‘pictomentaries’ by Martin Jalleh on the fallout from Bersih 3.0. Click on the images to enlarge.
