#KitaLawan rally to be held in 10 cities worldwide

The #KitaLawan rally in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow will be held simultaneously in 10 cities worldwide. Demonstrators are pushing for opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's release from prison. – The Malaysian Insider filepic, March 6, 2015.Tomorrow's mass rally in solidarity with jailed opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow will be held simultaneously in 10 other locations worldwide, including the United States, Australia and Switzerland.

PKR Youth's #KitaLawan movement today said the rallies would be held at the following locations at their respective local time:

Adelaide - South Australian Parliament House – 4pm;

Canberra - Australian Federal Parliament – 4pm;

Geneva - Palais Des Nation, United Nations – 10am;

London - Old Palace Yard – 11am;

Melbourne - State Library, Swanston St – 3pm;

New York - Washington Square Park – 1pm;

San Francisco - Layang-layang Restaurant, Milpitas – 4pm;

Shanghai - Fuzhou Rd, The Bund – 4pm;

Taipei - Liberty Square – 7pm; and

Washington DC - Washington Monument – 1pm.

The rally in Kuala Lumpur will begin at 3pm at three locations – Central Market, Masjid Jamek and PAS headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut before the march to Sogo.

The group today urged the public in these cities to gather at the respective locations to send a “clear message” to the Barisan Nasional government about the crisis of its leadership and of the credibility of the judiciary system.

It said yesterday that international observers would also be present at tomorrow's mass rally, as well as a delegation of foreign observers from human rights organisations and the Malaysian Bar.

The rally is to push for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's resignation and to demand for the release of Anwar.

Anwar's sodomy conviction and five-year jail sentence was upheld by the Federal Court on February 10. His supporters said it was a ploy to end his political career.

Lawyers have said the Peaceful Assembly Act cannot be used to criminalise rallies, based on a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal last year that upheld the right to peaceful gatherings.

Lawyers have also warned that police seemed to be using a new "tactic" to nab demonstrators by using the Penal Code instead.

- TMI