Posted in Activism, Liberty, Photography on November 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
See it for yourself: Not only that, see that photo? That is mine. The full picture was first published on Saturday, November 10 2007. This is the original picture: That however is not the photo in full size. Maybe I should license the full size picture, which is of higher quality, appropiately for the use [...]
Posted in Activism, Liberty, Photography on November 11th, 2007 5 Comments »
The local blogosphere is amassed with photos of the Bersih rally and I have contributed my share. But how was it like before the rally took place, before the tear gas, before the peaceful march to the Istana Negara? I took the train to stop at Masjid Jamek as around 11:00. I came in early [...]
Posted in Activism, Liberty, Photography on November 10th, 2007 18 Comments »
After departing home at around 10:00 to reach Masjid Jamek at around 11:00, only to move around from there to Central Market and later to Dataran Merdeka to witness myself the heavy police presence in the city, getting drenched in the rain while waiting for the rallying crowd, following the crowd all the way to [...]
Posted in Liberty on November 4th, 2007 4 Comments »
A few days ago: KUALA LUMPUR: Anyone who takes part in the illegal gathering on Nov 10 at Dataran Merdeka to demand for a “fair and clean” general election will be arrested. Police will not hesitate to pick up anyone seen in the area where 100,000 people are expected to congregate from 3pm. ['Stay away [...]
The name is Hafiz Noor Shams. I am a libertarian, a fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs and a columnist at The Malaysian Insider. For more about me, go here.