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Showing posts with label civil societies. Show all posts

Monday, December 20, 2010

MCLM open for membership - join to support

The Malaysian Civil Liberties Membership (MCLM) is now open for membership and there are 2 categories of membership - paying and non-paying. Hope all those Malaysians and well wishers join, if not as paying (and voting) members, at least as non-paying and non-voting members. Pay £50 or RM50 (I think depending on where you are located) and you get the right to participate in the determination of the direction which MCLM should go, perhaps even a say about who eventually become a candidate and where they stand? Well, I think that is not too much to pay for something as important as that. I am going over to apply at MCLM MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM and hope more concerned Malaysians and well wishers would join us. Also read the MCLM Constitution

MCLM First KL Public Forum
December 20, 2010
Date & Time : Tuesday, December 21 · 7:30pm – 10:30pm

Venue : First Floor, KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) would like to invite members of the public and the media to the movement’s First KL Public Forum on Tuesday, 21st December 2010 where it will announce the second candidate who has volunteered himself as a candidate for the next general election.

On December 12th, MCLM Chairman Raja Petra Kamarudin unveiled human rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar as the movement’s first candidate durin…g a live webcast from London at a forum organised by MCLM to explain the group and its mission.

The purpose of MCLM is to help political parties field better candidates by giving suggestions of viable persons who can serve and educate the public.

Among those speaking at the Public Forum on December 21st are:
1. Haris Ibrahim
2. Malik Imtiaz Sarwar
3. Malaysian Overseas Votes Representative Andrew Yong, and
4. The second candidate.

For further information, please contact Haris Ibrahim at 012-2070534 or visit: http://www.mclm.org.uk/
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HAVE YOU JOINED MCLM YET? “Negara Kita, Tanggungjawab Kita”.
Come! Join us take ownership of the country. You can pay your membership fee at the forum. Here’s what you do:
1. Complete and submit the MCLM membership form online at
http://www.mclm.org.uk/join-us.html (Mandatory)
2. Handover RM50 CASH with “email id” used for registering (or attach copy of the printed form) to Vineeth Menon at KLSCAH.
NOTE: This is just a one time collection to lend a hand to MCLM. Thereafter, please use one of the Payment Options at
http://www.mclm.org.uk/join-us.html
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MCLM’s VISION

The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement envisions a nation that has fully realised the aspirations of our founding fathers that Malaysia be a nation founded upon the principles of liberty and justice, her people bound together by a unity of purpose and imbibed with self-belief, to make Malaysia a land of prosperity and peace, ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations,.

MCLM’s MISSION

MCLM believe that many Malaysians desire changes and reforms as comprehensively laid out in The People’s Voice and The People’s Declaration. MCLM aims to take a leading role in realising these aspirations and encouraging the wider participation of civil society in shaping the future of our nation.


MCLM Constitution (Click pdf to enlarge)


Constitution Of Malaysian Civil Liberty Movement -

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Who is funding MCLM? Answer

MCLM or Malaysia Civil Liberties Movement plan to identify suitable candidates in the coming 13th General Election. To succeed, they obviously need funding and a Malaysiakini reported has mentioned rumours about people funding MCLM apparently with negative insinuations. There are also rumours that MCLM is targetting PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) seats probably because of their recent fractious party elections. Hear what Haris Ibrahim have to say about that in the video below.

A bit of summary if you have no time to listen to the whole video. Haris alluded to offers of funding from the Malaysian diaspora - those Malaysians who have migrated to other countries and have done well particularly one Malaysian who have offered 10 million. Nothing wrong with that. Haris also denied they are targetting PKR sear, saying they are not targeting any particular party and have no wish to replace good people with good people.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Live streaming - MCLM Public Forum in London

The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) will hold a public forum in London and the event will be broadcast live at 3.00hrs-15.00 hrs GMT (21.00hrs Malaysian local time):







Wednesday, October 20, 2010

CIJ's Ops Bilang at Annexe Gallery, Pasar Seni


Click on poster below to enlarge:
Ops Bilang Flyer in color

Invitation to CIJ's Ops Bilang* at Annexe Gallery KL; 26 Oct (Tue) 8

*Ops Bilang**

Time
Tuesday, October 26 · 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Location: Annexe Gallery Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
see location map
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Created By
Cij M'sia
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Come join the artists/activists in exploring complex issues at Ops Bilang*.
Artis/aktivis membilang pada kita isu penting sezaman di Ops Bilang*.

Amir Muhammad - Kewarganegaraan

Anne James - Religious freedom

Fahmi Fadzil - Workers' rights

Fahmi Reza - Hak Pelajar

Jerome Kugan - Federalism

Jo Kukathas - Rape

Leong Mei Chern - Death penalty

Norhayati Kaprawi - Undang-undang Sivil atau Shari'ah?

Pang Khee Teik - Gender/sexuality rights

See Tshiung Han - Free expression

Vernon Adrian Emuang - Indigenous rights

Zedeck Siew - Culture

*Malay word for “count”; “to tell”
Bilang 1 – hitung (satu demi satu), jumlah, congkat, campur, kira
Bilang 2 – bercakap, katakan, sampaikan, khabarkan, ceritakan, adu,
beritahukan, nasihatkan

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Organised by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)
Anjuran Pusat Kewartawanan Bebas

In conjunction with the launch of CIJ's e-forum, “Let's Talk About...”
Sempena pelancaran e-forum CIJ “Bicara Pasal...” LetsTalkAbout. cijmalaysia.
org

Location map: Pasar Seni (Central Market) Kuala Lumpur



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Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia
Web: cijmalaysia. org
Tel: +603-4023 0772

The Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia (CIJ) is a non-profit
organisation that aspires for a society that is democratic, just and free,
where all peoples will enjoy free media and the freedom to express, seek and
impart information.

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If you cannot express yourself you are already behind bars - Mbana Kaitako

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Selamat Hari Rakyat (Happy Citizen Day) at Putra World Trade Center

Today, 1 October 2008 is Hari Rakyat (Citizens' Day) as well as Hari Raya. It is both a day for celebration for Muslim as well as Malaysian citizens. The People's Parliament led by Haris Ibrahim, human rights lawyer, managed to make a statement at Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi Hari Raya Open House at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur when after much trouble and struggle we managed to meet Abdullah Badawi face to face and put our message across - Free Raja Petra (and for me to wish him Selamat Hari Rakyat:

Our group of about 40 activists gathered at Secret Recipe at The Mall opposite Putra World Trade Center at around 11am. At 11.30am we moved to the entrance to the PWTC banquet hall. We were stopped by the Police at the entrance, so we formed a line to make our unspoken statement as the crowd moved past us. About an hour later, we were allowed into PWTC by the police who said he has obtained permission for us to enter. However, we were diverted into a dining hall where we could not meet Abdullah Badawi face to face. So we exited and reentered and after much trouble, we finally get to line up to wait our turns to meet Abdullah Badawi face to face.

People's Parliament activists on the way to meet Abdullah Badawi
Photo curtesy of Malaysiakini


Haris Ibrahim passed the request to Abdullah Badawi ("Please free Raja Petra and the ISA detainees") and I wished Abdullah Badawi "Selamat Hari Rakyat" (Happy Citizen Day) instead of the customary Selamat Hari Raya.

After completing our mission, we gathered for a group photo:

People's Parliament Mission Accomplished
Photo curtesy of Malaysiakini