In December last year the first protest against the Protection of State Information Bill outside South Africa House in London saw over 100 South Africans, proudly dressed in their country’s colours, calling out against the secrecy bill, for more government transparency and an end to corruption. The response to this protest has inspired the event’s organisers to take the campaign global, and launch the international campaign against the Secrecy Bill called No To Secrecy. The campaign includes a protest in Perth on the 11 February and a protest in London on the 18 February.

The campaign is being organised via the Facebook Group called No To Secrecy(http://www.facebook.com/events/341618112523296/?ref=ts#!/groups/NoToSecrecy/) by concerned South Africans living abroad including Pharside.co.uk blogger, Marky Warren, together with the Democratic Alliance Abroad (DA Abroad). Says Marky, “We’re showing South Africans back home that we’re not going to sit back and watch these things happen.”

The organisers have made it clear that this isn't a political protest, and that the issue affected all South African, and so plan to mobilise the global community of South Africans to ensure that as the bill moves before the NCOP (National Council of Provinces) the cries of South African citizens are at the foremost of their minds.

Please see attached a press release with further details of the campaign. We would really appreciate your support - please can you make your readers aware of the event.

The campaign has already received coverage in the South African press with an article on Timeslive.co.za and in Die Burger:

Please contact me should you have any further queries.