September 12, 2008

Where do you stand in the face of injustice, intimidation, and provocateurs?

Peaceful vigil tonight.
Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) together with other friends and NGO will hold a solidarity vigil for Raja Petra Kamarudin, MP Teresa Kok and sin Chew Daily Journalist Miss Tan Hoon Cheng who has been arrested under the draconian ISA.

Date: 13 September 2008Place: Bukit Aman Police HQ EntranceTime: 8.30 pm

http://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/dont-fear-a-dying-beasts-last-strike-but-dont-fall-for-its-rouse-either/

http://jelas.info/2008/09/13/malaysias-moment-to-unite/
"the selectiveness of the ISA arrests is an insidious and misleading attempt to create resentment among particular communities.
Perhaps it is hoped that impassioned and racially tinged sentiments will be expressed in the coming days, escalating to even more impassioned racial reactions. This in turn may lay the ground for emergency rule, and for all the suspension of civil liberties and human rights that follow.
"When talk is no longer sufficient we will act. We will act only peacefully, without burning tires or harming even a fly."

http://elizabethwong.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/isa-tool-to-remain-in-power/
“The Malaysian government apparently thinks it can only maintain power by jailing journalists and opposition politicians,” said Elaine Pearson, the group’s deputy Asia director. “Such tactics have no place in a modern democracy.” (AFP)

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