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Free At Last! Free At Last! Thank God Almighty! We’re Free At Last …

… in the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr

A big thanks to all who have stood by Nat and an invitation to attend a public forum this Thursday to say No to a Police State in Blogosphere

Nathaniel Tan, a 26 year old dedicated blogger, a Harvard University alumnus and an aide to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested under the Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) over allegations that he had documents linked to Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Johari Baharom’s alleged involvement in corruption.

To demonstrate our solidarity with Nathaniel who has been dealt with great injustice, to show our steadfast refusal to let the Government curb the democratisation impact of blogs and the Internet, and to voice our displeasure at the OSA, we are organising a forum with invited speakers from across the civil society with details as follows:

Venue:
KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

Date:
19th July 2007 (Thursday)

Time:
7.30 pm

Admission is Free; Bring Friends

The panel of Distinguished Speakers include:

• Nathaniel Tan,
  Blogger & Aide to PKR Advisor*
• Jeff Ooi,
  Protem Vice-President, All Blogs Malaysia
• Haris Ibrahim,
  Lawyer & Founder of The People’s Parliament
• Nurul Izzah Anwar,
  Special Assistant to PKR Advisor
• Lim Guan Eng,
  Secretary-General of DAP
• Tony Pua,
  Economic Advisor to DAP Secretary-General

Chairperson: Soon Li Tsin, Journalist & Blogger

* We will be inviting Nathaniel to speak to us and relay his experiences at the Forum should he be released from remand on Tuesday, 17th July or before. We’ll also be trying to leave as much time to the floor as possible, so as to enable greater interaction at the forum.

To quote a young friend ..

HANCUR BARISAN NASIONAL