Tan Jo Hann has over four decades of experiences in community organising and grassroots advocacy and has trained and mentored thousands of community organiser-facilitators across Asia. He is the founder of the Southeast Asia Popular Communications Programme (SEAPCP)...

Ngeow Chow Ying is a lawyer, former treasurer and acting executive director of BERSIH, and an executive committee member of the Anti-Death Penalty Asian Network (ADPAN). Having joined the first three Bersih rallies as an ordinary participant, she became a core member...

Shaq Koyok merupakan seorang artis kontemporari dan aktivis alam sekitar suku Temuan yang berasal dari Banting, Selangor. Menggabungkan pengalaman luasnya dalam bidang seni serta pendedahannya kepada aktivisme, Shaq berkongsi dengan kita bagaimana awal mula beliau...

Wong Yan Ke is the Bersih Deputy Chairperson, Case Management and Campaign Coordinator at Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and secretary of KLSCAH Youth. He is also the former president of UMANY and the Chinese Language Society of University of Malaya. As a student...

Oma Mohd merupakan salah seorang ahli kolektif Geng Kotak; sebuah kelompok yang bermula secara suka-suka membikin sepanduk waktu protes menggunakan kotak-kotak yang ditemui ketika protes berjalan. Bersama dengannya, Oma berkongsi kisah tentang protes pertama yang...

Mandeep Singh was one of the longest-serving staff at The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH). He was a key driver of the BERSIH Secretariat during a critical period in the movement's history, especially in the run-up to the Bersih 3, 4 and 5 rallies....

With almost 20 years of activism experience on the ground, Nalini Elumalai tells of her experience in organising the famous anti-ISA rally that gathered 60,000 people on the streets. She also shares her experience in shifting from the heavily repressive intimidation...

Nadiah is the Founder and Programme Director of Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY), a  climate justice and feminist organisation. Nadiah contributes her climate crisis, gender and Business and Human Rights (BHR) policy expertise to think tanks and global councils, authors...

Mukmin Nantang, anak jati Tawau yang menyusun gerak kerja sedari sekolah menengah lagi. Merangkumi pengalaman aktivismenya bersama warga tanpa negara menerusi Borneo Komrad dalam membuka ruang pendidikan di beberapa sekolah alternatif seluruh Sabah, beliau memeta awal...

Unlike many activists, Thomas Fann had a late political awakening and was relatively a newbie to the activism scene when he participated in the BERSIH 2 rally in 2011. He went on to become one of the key figures in subsequent rallies and eventually became BERSIH...

Qyira Yusri is education director and co-founder of Undi18, an organisation which aims to bring about Malaysian youth political empowerment, voter education and electoral reform. Qyira previously held positions in a number of prominent education-based civil society...

Syahidul Ammar seorang doktor muda yang berbakti di utara Semenanjung Malaysia ketika Covid memuncak. Beliau yang berkuliah di Ain Shams University, Mesir sudah pun mendengar ura-ura penswastaan sistem kesihatan di Malaysia yang akan memberi kesan kepada generasinya....

Gengta Tan is a longtime paramedic who has been involved in more than 40 protests and played a crucial role in the Bersih protests’ medical services. His experience in various protests allowed him to serve as trainer and leader during a number of Bersih rallies.  *All...

Intan Rafiza is both a curator and artist with more than 15 years of dedication to the practice of performance art based in Malaysia. Before her full-time endeavour in the art scene, she used to be active with Malaysia For Free and Fair Election (MAFREL); observing...

Sarah Irdina is a co-founder of MISI Solidariti, a youth-led collective to empower society through the value of direct action in Malaysian activism . As a 20 year-old student back in July 2021, she helped to organise the Lawan rally - for which she was detained...

Azura Nasron is the Right to Trial Coordinator at Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM). A long-time activist on student, migrant and women’s issues, she is also a member of Jurnal Sang Pemula and Gerakan Pembebasan Akedemik (GPA). Azura holds degrees from the National...

Yeoh Lian Heng is an artist and cultural worker based in Kuala Lumpur, advocating against gentrification and forced eviction in multiple heritage sites in Malaysia. Starting his advocacy by wheatpasting thought-provoking artworks in his university’s lifts, he...

Hailing from a pro-government family, Asraf experienced greater political awakenings through student activism when he went to matriculation and university. There, he began his decade-long activism - first with an Islamic student group, then briefly with political...

Many challenges confront Malaysia’s fragile democracy. Of the six million newly emancipated voters – following constitutional amendments that lowered the voting age to 18 years old and automatically register eligible voters – a sizable chunk has no shared experience...