Chapter 2 - Report of the Complaints, Monitoring and Inquiries Group 5. MONITORING OF ACTIVITIES (a) Public Assemblies NGOs, students’ groups, marginalised communities and political parties organised public assemblies to express various grievances, in exercising their fundamental liberties and rights as guaranteed by Article 10(1)(b) of the Federal Constitution and enshrined in Article 20(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Commission was invited to observe several gatherings, to which it sent a team of monitors (Table 2). Table 2: Monitoring Activities in 2012 NO. EVENT DATE LOCATION 1. Assembly at verdict in sodomy trial of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 9 January Kuala Lumpur Court Complex 2. Himpunan Hijau 2.0 by Stop Lynas Group 26 February Kuantan, Pahang 3. Himpunan Hijau 2.0 by Stop Lynas Group 26 February Maju Junction, Kuala Lumpur 4. Assembly by Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA 9 April Jalan Parlimen, Kuala Lumpur 5. Bersih 3.0 Rally 28 April Kuala Lumpur 6. Assembly by 1 May Committee in conjunction with Labour Day 1 May Dataran Maybank, Kuala Lumpur 7. Assembly by Syiah Followers in conjunction with the anniversary of the birth of Siti Fatimah 14 May Seri Gombak, Selangor 8. Assembly by Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA 28 June Jalan Parlimen, Kuala Lumpur 9. Himpunan Hijau by Bukit Koman Action Committee 2 September 10. Himpunan Hijau by Pengerang Action Committee of Sungai Rengit 29 September 11. Assembly by JERIT in conjunction with World Habitat Day 1 October Jalan Parlimen, Kuala Lumpur 12. Campus elections at International Islamic University Malaysia 2 October Gombak, Selangor Raub, Pahang Desaru, Johor 61

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