LoyarBurok 20

The blawg started 20 years ago with a post arguing that nobody needs a platform or a position to hold an opinion worth hearing, only accuracy and logic. From there a community of several hundred writers grew, along with UndiMsia!, the LoyarBurokkers’ gatherings, and in 2011 a centre of its own.

Today the work continues through Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok, aka the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR). For the past 15 years MCCHR has worked to protect human rights and promote democracy through civic education, strategic litigation, and law reform.

On the eve of Human Rights Day, join us for one evening with the people who built all this and the people it was built for. Dinner, with short presentations from the founders and the MCCHR team on what 2027 holds, live performances in between, and a protest art show. All proceeds from LoyarBurok 20 go to MCCHR’s 2027 programme.

Tickets are available online from RM180 per seat for a table of 10. Half-table, double, and single tickets are also available. Each ticket includes a set meal with a non-alcoholic drink. Details on bar tickets and corkage will follow.

If you can, pay it forward. Buy an extra seat or a table for a human rights defender, community organiser, or young activist who could not otherwise come. Paid-forward seats are acknowledged in the programme.

For sponsorship and partnership opportunities, email [email protected].