Month: June 2008

65 posts

Shouldn’t MINDEF be more transparent about servicemen deaths?

Joel Tan investigates the sudden deaths of NSmen.

Public facilities need to be improved

Tan Kin Lian provides personal accounts of his experiences with public facilities.

S’pore needs human rights

S’poreans should demand that the govt respect their basic rights – Ng E Jay

Human Rights in everyday life

Siew Kum Hong illustrates why human rights is applicable to everyday life in S’pore.

Amnesty International Report 2008 – Singapore

Critics pointed to a persistent misuse of laws by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and a perceived bias within the judicial system… Criminal charges, civil defamation suits and other restrictive measures were variously brought against government critics and human right defenders, foreign news media, peaceful demonstrators and conscientious objectors.

The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

Former US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech when she presented the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the United Nations in 1948.

TOC Human Rights Focus Week

TOC dedicates the week to human rights issues.

The integrity of the courts

Should judges be placed in positions where they may need to rule against their own interests?

Callous labelling of mental illness smacks of gutter politics

TOC rejects attempts to slur Dr Chee Soon Juan by the establishment.

Talk and forum on the ASEAN human rights mechanism

Wed, 11 June 2008, 4:00 to 5:30 pm.