Urgent Appeal: Another 16 JERIT Bicylce Campaign Cyclists Arrested in Johor

2 views
Skip to first unread message

suaram

unread,
Dec 5, 2008, 9:33:07 PM12/5/08
to 518Memorial Foundation, 518group, australia asia worker links jiselle hanna AAWL, Asia Federation Against Involuntarily Disappearances, AHRC - Urgent Appeal, OMCT - Alexandre, Institute for Global Justice - Alex, Migrant Care - Alex Ong, FIDH - Antoine Madelin, a...@theasiamediaforum.org, EvB- Dr.Andreas Missbach, AI Germany - Andreas, Altsean Burma - Anelyn, FNV - Annie van Wezel, the asia pasific forum, AMRC - Apo, international council on human rights policy- robrt, ARROW, Asian Student Association, OSI - Abigail Schwartz, ASIADHRRA, Aye Aye Win, IMCS - Adrian Pereira, Statewatch - Ben Hayes, Forum Asia - Bernice, INSEC - Bijaya, Bruno Munser Foundation, Friendship-Nepal, TNI - Brid Brennan, Pax Romana - Budi, Sungkonghoe University - Rebecca Kim, Clement Voule ISHR, Ceceilia Jimenez, Center for Popular Democracy - Tina Ebro, AI London - Charlotte, Charm Tong, Korean House for International Solidarity - Choe Mikyung, the arakan project-chris lewa, UNI-APRO - Christopher Ng, SEACA - Corinna, Kun Chung Lin, Human Rights Now, burma peace foundation-david, Altsean Burma, Grain - Devlin Kuyek, Article 19 - Dini, Commonwealth HR Initiative, OMCT - Delphine, Durban Review Conference, Human Rights First - Matthew Easton, sungkonghoe university-eun, Forum Asia - Emerlynne, APPPB - Khin Omar, ISHR - Gareth Sweeney, icsw-gerry fox, OHCHR - Graham Fox, giorgia...@amnesty.org, Forum Asia - Kim Giyoun, Kontras - Haris, Hazel Galang AI, People's Watch Tamil Nadu - Henri Tiphange, Focus on the Global South - Herbert, Hazel AI, cambodian human riights and development association ADHOC, HRWG, Barcia ISHR, International Service for Human Rights - Imaculada, FIDH, ICG Jakarta, IMADR - Nilmaka, IMADR-nimalka fernando, ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmmar Caucus, Info IDSPS Indonesia, Initiatives for International Dialogue, INFORM, IPDC, Inter Parliamentary Union - Ingeborg Schwartz, IWRAW, Focus on the Global South - Joy Chavez, Jasbir Singh, asia pasific humanrights centre -jefferson r.Plantilla, AHRC - Jeongho Moon, Article 19 - Jessica, John Hutnyk, NED - John Knaus, Jorge Martin, JRS Indonesia Els Coolen, cairo institute or human rights studies, Centre for Constituitional Rights- Shayana Kadidal, kanlungan centre for foundation-florence, korean house for international solidarity- choe, APF - Kieren, Koalisi NGO HAM Aceh - Faisal Hadi, korean public interest lawyer- hwang, KIOS - Kristiina, lee. kyung-sook, IRR - Liz Fekeke, OSI - Lara Johnson, conflict prevention-marte hellema, AI Canada - Margaret John, December 18 - Marie d'Auchamp, OSI - Maureen, PAHRA - Max De Mesa, PAHRA - Max, SEACA _ Marissa, Migrant Forum in Asia, Migrant Care - Anis, Michael Anthony, National Center Against Violence - Moogi, Focus on the Global South - Nicola, AHRC - Norman, UNDP-Lkhagvasuren Nomin, Odhikar Bangladesh, ELSAM, OMCT, guissou jahangiri, Asahi, philippine alliance for human rights advocates, PAN AP, Abbot, Phil (Malaysia), pilipina legal reources centre, inc- isabelita saloma-antonio, Forum Asia - Pong, APWLD, RIC - Haseeb, OSI - Rie Nakamura, ICLMG, LST - Ruki, AI Netherlands - Sabestiaan Bom, FIDH - Simia Ahmadi, Lebret Irfed - Sally Rousset, Think Center - Samydorai, Think Center - Samydorai, Equitas - Sneh, Minority Rights Group, accountabilty-simon zadek, international bridges to justice-sanjeeva, HRW - Mickey Spiegel, Sriprapha, State Watch, INSEC-Subohd, INSEC -- Subohd, ACHR - Suhas Chakma, Sulee Forum Asia, INFORM - Sunila, APF - Suraina, suyadi, Taiwan Association for HR, Jasbir London, Tim Anderson, Judicial System Monitoring Program - Timotio, TWN, CHRD - Urna, comunity legal education centre- yeng virak, INFID - Wahyu Susilo, ACILS - William Conklin, korean human rights foundation- youngmi yang, hong kong human rights monitor- chong yiu kwong, Forum Asia - Yuyun, Wong Chai Yi

SUARA RAKYAT MALAYSIA

Address:  433 A, 1st Floor, Jalan 5/46, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Telephone: +6 03 7784 3525                                Fax: +6 03 7784 3526

Email: sua...@suaram.net                                Web: www.suaram.net

 

Urgent Appeal: 6th December 2008

Another 16 JERIT Bicylce Campaign Cyclists Arrested in Johor

 

16 cyclists/activists including Suaram Secretariat member and staffs have been arrested by the police this morning around 9.00am in front of SUARAM JB office before they started the bicycle campaign from Southern Region.

 

OCPD IPD Johor Utara ACP Roslan said that they got special instruction to arrest them. They are all detained in IPD Johor Utara. The other 30 cyclists who are not been arrested are harassed and intimidated by the police by stopping them buying the food, questioning them and asking for their IC.

 

SUARAM strongly condemns the police for their ongoing attacks and intimidation on freedom of expression, a fundamental right which is guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. We demand the Malaysian government to allow the cyclist to continue cycling and practice their freedom of expression as stated in Federal Constitution.

 

The 12 arrested are:

1.      Sivaragen Arumugum (39)

2.      Pannirselvam Varathan (48)

3.      Letchumy Devi Doraisamy (37)

4.      Simon Kamnagaran (34)

5.      Mohan Periasamy (41)

6.      Goh Chee Horng (24)

7.      Bawani Kamiappan (23)

8.      Yesudas Arokiasamy (41)

9.      Salleh bin Alim (46)

10.  Ahmad Nazib bin Salleh (13)

11.  Nalini Elumalai (26)

12.  Arutchelvan Subramaniam (41)

13.  Nyam Kee Han (25)

14.  Ngo Jian Yee (29)

15.  Ang Pei Shan (27)

16.  Chua Seong Ping (28)

 

Background

JERIT or Oppressed People’s Movement is organizing a cycling campaign throughout the nation to put forward six demands to the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The campaign officially began on the 3rd December at Wisma Darul Aman Kedah. 50 cyclists have been flagged off from Wisma Darul Aman and they would cycle for sixteen days through Kedah, Penang, Perak, and Selangor. On 18th December they will handover a memorandum to the Prime Minister in Parliament.

 

4 December: A volunteer of the campaign, Ruben  s/o Loganathan has been arrested at Merbau Pulas, Kedah, for leafleting leaflets containing demands of JERIT’s Bicycle campaign, but released under police bail on the same day.

5 December: Teluk Kumbar police had stopped the cyclist of JERIT cycle campaign from leafleting in Teluk Kumbar, Penang.

 

 

For further details please contact Nalini E at 019-3758912

 

Released By,

Wong Chai Yi

SUARAM Coordinator

 

Urgent action needed:

 

Please write protest letters to the government and the police to express your strongest condemnation of the arrests and the ongoing denial of rights of expression. Please also demand the Malaysian government to allow the cyclist to continue their campaign and allow them to practice their freedom of expression as stated in Federal Constitution.

Please call and send your protest letters to:

 

1. IPD Johor Utara

Balai Polis Skudai Polis Diraja Malaysia

No. 3861, Batu 10,
81300,Johor Bahru,
Johor,Malaysia

 Tel: +607-5561222

 

2. OCPD Roslan

Tel: +6019-7000122

 

3. Inspector-General of Police
Tan Sri Musa Hassan
Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja Malaysia,
50560 Bukit Aman,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +603 2262 6015
Fax: +603 2272 5613

 

SAMPLE LETTER

[Letterhead of your organisation]

Inspector-General of Police
Tan Sri Musa Hassan
Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja Malaysia,
50560 Bukit Aman,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +603 2262 6015
Fax: +603 2272 5613

Dear Sir,

 

Re: Release 16 JERIT Bicylce Campaign Cyclists Arrested in Johor

 

We are writing to you, once again, to express our outrage and our strongest condemnation over your government's ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression.


We are appalled by your government and the police's latest actions and view this as yet another attempt by your government to intimidate Malaysian citizens from participating in any form of public assembly and exercising their freedom to express their views.


We demand that 16 cyclists to be released immediately and unconditionally. We further demand that your government stops the assault on freedom of expression.


We strongly urge you, once again, to stop bringing shame to Malaysia, a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. We would like to remind you that freedom of expression is guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.


Yours sincerely,


[Name]

 

Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages