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
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