Month: June 2008

There is a critical difference between rights to religion & criticism of religions, says Joel Tan.

An opportunity to have your voice heard.

A challenge to get S’poreans to speak out, TOC Chief tells the Asian New Media Forum in Malaysia.

“Human rights has become a ‘religion’ that breeds devotees who border on the fanatic”, says Attorney General Walter Woon. “Such a dismissal of sincerely-held views… is not helpful to engagement between a government and its citizens”, replies Maruah’s Siew Kum Hong. AWARE’s president Constance Singam says, “‘Fanatics’… are often exactly what our society needs.”

On 19 Jan 2008, a group of Singapore human rights activists and Falun Gong practitioners gathered for the international torch relay to highlight human rights abuses in China.

Rachel Zeng looks at the perceived role of childcare teachers in S’pore.