Red Pencil protest
The Red Pencil protest was a rally that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by media personnel, activists and other supporters on 4 January 2014. The rally was organised by the Angry Media Movement (GERAMM),[1] in response to the Malaysian government's restrictions on media freedom and the recent suspension of a weekly news publication, The Heat. The suspension of The Heat is widely believed in media circles by the Malaysian Home Ministry due to their reporting on the spending habits of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.[2][3]
Rally
The police were monitoring the protests, even though they did not give permission to the organisers to gather in the event as required under Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.[4] Around 100 to 200[5] protestors gathered around the Bar Council offices in Kuala Lumpur and began marching to Masjid Jamek LRT station. Also involved with the protests were lawyers representing the Malaysian Bar Council and opposition members of parliament.[6][7] Observers include Bersih, Ambiga Sreenevasan and social activist Datuk Paduka Marina Mahathir.[8] At the station the protestors began shouting slogans calling for freedom of the press and made their demands cleared, as well as symbolically breaking a red pencil.[9]
Protest demands
The protestors underlined several specific demands for the government, political parties and the media such as:[10][11]
- Withdraw the suspension of The Heat weekly allow it to operate[12]
- Re-investigate incidences of police brutality against media practitioners during the Bersih 3.0 rally in 2012.
- Do away with the requirement of a publication permit mandatory under the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) 1984.
- Allow all media to cover government events and access to public buildings for news gathering purposes.
- They also called for the government and political parties to give full access to government and public events, and to apologise over alleged breaches of media freedom.
References
- ^ "Geramm hits out at The Heat's continued suspension, to hold public protest | FZ : Malaysia News - General, Political, National, Business, World". FZ. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ Malaysia. "Weekly The Heat suspended indefinitely by Home Ministry". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ Abhrajit Gangopadhyay and Jason Ng (2013-12-20). "Newspaper Suspended After Report on Malaysian Leader's Spending - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Police to be on standby for the Geramm rally this evening". Astro Awani. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ Malaysia (2011-07-08). "200 turn up at rally in support of media freedom". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Undefined | FMT".
- ^ "PKR to support press freedom movement GERAMM at Saturday rally". Malaysia-chronicle.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ nicholas cheng AND l.suganya. "Media practitioners demand freedom in protest - Nation | The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Journalists call for PPPA to be abolished | theSundaily". Thesundaily.my. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Protestors break pencils in support of media freedom". Astro Awani. 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "GERAMM: Let's 'Have Fun' at Today's Red Pencil Protest | Selangorku - English". En.selangorku.com. 2013-07-18. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Protest after government suspends magazine | Malaysia". The Malay Mail Online. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
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