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Nota Bantahan Kepada DYMM Agong Eok

Jemputan Media
14 Februari 2008
Kepada Ketua Pengarang,
Nota Bantahan Kepada DYMM Agong Eok
Gabungan Pilihanraya Bersih dan Adil (BERSIH) akan menghantar nota bantahan kepada pejabat DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang diPertuan Agong berkaitan dengan proses pilihanraya yang akan diadakan pada Mac 2008.
Sidang media akan dibuat selepas penghantaran memorandum  tersebut.
Berikut adalah butiran sidang media:
Tarikh  :  15 Februari (Jumaat)
Masa    :  […]

DO SOMETHING DURING THE 12TH GENERAL ELECTION

The 12th General Election will be here soon.  Do you want to see a free and fair election?
You can… if you volunteer to be an Election Observer!
MAFREL (Malaysian for Free and Fair Election) is calling for volunteers to be an Election Observer. Come for a briefing and training session if you are interested (no obligation). […]

State of Play in Malaysia-US FTA

According to US sources, the issue of government procurement remained a sticking point in the proposed Malaysia-US FTA talks. The other area which the US is looking for greater access to is financial services. Both, however, were not discussed in the last round of talks held from 14 to 18 January in Kuala Lumpur.
These two […]

Stop preventing peaceful assembly

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is concerned that the police continues to prevent a citizen’s right to freedom of assembly, as seen by the latest warning issued to the Coalition Against Inflation (Protes), which has planned an assembly this Saturday, 26 Jan.
On 25 Jan, national news agency BERNAMA reported the warning by Dang Wangi […]

Invitation to the Asian Rural Women’s Conference

Dear Friends of PAN AP,
Greeting of peace and solidarity!
PAN AP as one of the main organisers of the Asian Rural Women’s Conference (ARWC) would like to invite you to be part of this historic event.
The Conference will be held on 6-8 March 2008 in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, India. It will be hosted by the Tamil […]

BERSIH Condemns Charges against Citizens for Petitioning to Parliamentarians

Press Release
18 January 2008
The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH) condemns the charges against 12 of its leaders and supporters who were arrested at Parliament on 11 December 2007. BERSIH’s view is that the exercise was ‘politically motivated’ and makes a complete  mockery of the democratic process.
What kind of democratic country arrests its own citizens […]

PENYERAHAN KERANDA KEPADA KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN

11/01/2008
Rakan-rakan seperjuangan
FTA MEMBUNUH! PENYERAHAN KERANDA KEPADA KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN
ANTARABANGSA ( MITI)
Gabungan Rakyat Membantah FTA mendapat tahu bahawa pada 14/01/2007 rundingan
US-FTA akan disambung kembali di Kuala Lumpur antara Kerajaan Malaysia &
Amerika.

Several provisions in the Acts establishing the Malaysian Co-operative Commission and amending the Co-operative Societies Act 1993 contrary to Federal Constitution

Koperasi Keretapi Berhad (”KKB”) has on 2nd January 2008 filed a legal action at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to challenge several of the provisions in the Malaysia Co-operative Commission Act 2007 and the Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act 2007 which came into force on 1st January 2008.
KKB feels it is unreasonable for its capital, […]

Another window-dressing in the making: Nothing less than a full-fledged IPCMC will do

SUARAM views with utter disappointment, the Special Complaints Commission bill tabled in Parliament yesterday (13 December 2007) in place of the promised and long-awaited Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). The Special Complaints Commission, in our view, is a much watered-down complaints mechanism to deal with police misconduct and abuse of powers.
It is […]

CIJ, WAMI dispute minister’s accusations

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) reject the accusations by Minister of Information Zainuddin Maidin that we are linked to Hindraf and that we are being used by foreign powers, as a tactic to draw the attention away from genuine criticisms.
On December 9, the national news agency […]




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