Dear Friends,
As the Malaysian government continues to clampdown on basic civil liberties in Malaysia in the run up to the Bersih 2.0 Global rally for Clean and Fair Elections, an urgent reponse from Malaysians both at home and abroad is needed. Please sign and circulate the petition
below
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Bersih2/petition.html
On Monday morning the 4th of July 2011 the Bersih 2.0 Global Solidarity Network will be sending out a series of faxed open letters to Malaysian embassies in various countries where solidarity action is taking place. We are urging people to follow up this action with a telephone campaign, outlined below.
Many thanks for your participation.
In solidarity
The Bersih 2.0 Global Solidarity Network
The Bersih 2.0 Global Telephone Campaign
Calling ALL concerned Malaysians around the world to pick up the phone and call your local high commission or embassy this week to voice your concern over the way the Malaysian government is grossly mishandling the Bersih 2.0 rally for free and fair elections and violating the basic human rights of many of its citizens. This action will only take 5 minutes of your time, but it could make the Malaysian government sit up and seriously think twice about its heavy handed approach and crack down on civil liberties in recent weeks. It could also help prevent further abuse if the Malaysian government gets the clear and loud message that the entire world is watching and this sort of response to legitimate and peaceful calls for free and fair elections in Malaysia is hardly befitting of a member of the UN Human Rights Council and is extremely counterproductive to their efforts to be seen as an open and mature democracy.
For further information on the background to events of recent weeks, please read our accompanying online petition (and even better- sign it
too!). When you call the high commission or embassy, remember to remain calm and polite and state that you are a concerned Malaysian
(although non-Malaysians are very welcome to participate too,we just need as many callers as possible!) and that Bersih 2.0 Global is calling on the Malaysian government to do the following:
Release all activists who have been arrested immediately and unconditionally and drop all unfounded charges against them;
Ensure all those detained have access to lawyers, their family members and any medical care they may require;
Stop the use of repressive laws such as the Police Act and Sedition law to criminalize peaceful political activities;
Respect the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Please email any responses or feedback on your encounters to bersih2.0global -at- gmail.com which will help us track the impact the international Malaysian community is making. We have only 5 days to do this is but there are over 1 million Malaysians living abroad, so let’s show the world that we are standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters back home in Malaysia. Let’s unite to join in the global solidarity walks around the world on July the 9th because we care, and for many of us who are fortunate to live in real democracies, because WE CAN…
Thank you for taking action
In Solidarity
Bersih 2.0 Global Solidarity Network
List of Malaysian Embassies and Consulates
1.Malaysian High Commission- United Kingdom
45 Belgrave Square,
London SW1X 8QT
Tel : ++44 (0) 20 7235 8033
Fax : (4420) 7235 5161
Email: mwlondon@btinternet.com
2. Malaysian High Commissions- Australia
Cranberra
7, Perth Avenue Yarralumla, ACT 2600
Tel: (02) 6120 0300/310
Fax: (02) 62734340/ 2496
Email:- malcanberra@malaysia.org.au , consular@malaysia.org.au
Perth
252 Adelaide Terrace WA 6000,
Perth ,Australia
Phone:
+61-8-9225-7055
Fax:
+61-8-9225-7099
+61-8-9225-7533
Email:
mwperth@bigpond.net.au
MalPerth@kln.gov.my
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3. Malaysia Embassies- United States of America
Washington
3516 International Court, N.W
20008
Washington DC
District of Columbia
USA
Phone:
+1-202-5729700
Fax:
+1-202-5729882
Email:
malwash@kln.gov.my
Malaysia Consulate , New York
313 East 43rd Street
10017
New York
USA
Phone:
+1-212-4902722
+1-212-4902723
Fax:
+1-212-4902049
Email:
malnycg@kln.gov.my
United Nations Malaysian Permanent Mission to the United Nations
313 East, 43rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10017
United States of America
Tel : (1212) 986 6310
Fax : (1212) 490 8576
email: mysun@undp.int
Malaysian Consulate , Los Angeles
550 South Hope Street, Suite 400
90071
Los Angeles
USA
Phone:
+1-213-8921238
Fax:
+1-213-8929031
Email:
mwla@pacbell.net
4. Malaysia Embassy – Taiwan
8th Floor, San Ho Plastic Bldg., 102, Tun Hwa North Road
Taipei Taiwan
Phone:
+886-2-2713-2626
Fax:
+886-2-2514-9864
Email:
mwtaipei@ms34.hinet.net
maltaipei@kln.gov.my
5. Malaysian Embassy,Austria
Prinz Eugen Strasse 18,
A-1040,Vienna,
Austria
Tel : 43 -1- 505 1042 / 505 1569 / 505 6323
Fax : 43 -1- 505 7942
E-mail:mwvienna@utanet.at
6. Malaysian Embassy,Ireland
The Clarion Stephalls Hotel
14 – 17, Lower Leeson Street
Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel : 3531 – 638 1111 / 1155 / 1156
Fax : 3531 – 638 1122
email: mwdublin@mwdublin.ie
7. Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations, Switzerland
International Center Cointrin
20, Route de Pre-Bois
Block H, 1st Floor
P.O. Box 1834
1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
Tel : (4122) 710 7500
Fax : (4122) 710 7501
email: mwgeneva@ties.itu.int
8. Embassy of Malaysia, France
2, Bis Rue Benouville
75116 Paris, France
Tel : (331) 4553 1185
Fax : (331) 4727 3460
email:mwparis@wanadoo.fr
If your local embassy is not listed here please check out
http://www.malaysiayellowpages.com/ncat/kuala%20lumpur/embassy-of-malaysia.html
