Daily Archives: July 6, 2015
4 weeks jail for Amos Yee
By theonlinecitizen
July 6, 2015
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Amos Yee has been sentenced to four weeks imprisonment, for charges relating to creating a video criticizing Lee Kuan Yew. He will serve one week for posting obscene materials and three weeks for wounding the religious feelings of Christian in his video calling Lee Kuan Read More
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Civil Society joint statement on the persecution of Amos Yee
By The Online Citizen July 6, 2015
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The Community Action Network and Think Centre are deeply concerned about the deteriorating health of Amos Yee. We understand Yee has not been eating for several days and was sent to the hospital last evening. He was subsequently re-admitted to the Institute of Read More
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Hong Kong’s open letter to PM Lee: Dissent is Not Demented
By The Online Citizen July 6, 2015
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Open letter addressed to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong from Hong Kong NGOs Dear Mr. Lee, Dissent is Not Demented! Free Amos Yee! We would like to raise our grave concern regarding the arrest, trial, sentencing, and treatment under detention of Amos Yee, Read More
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Making friends out of neighbours
By The Online Citizen July 6, 2015
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Singapore Kindness Movement Encourages Neighbours To Face The Music, And Each Other Singapore, 6 July 2015 – The Singapore Kindness Movement has released today an emotive short film entitled Neighbours, which centres on the theme of friendship among neighbours. The 60-second spot will Read More
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It’s ok to be scared, PAP, just don’t push it on citizens
By Howard Lee July 6, 2015
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By Howard Lee By now, it would have been blatantly obvious to Singaporeans that the ruling People’s Action Party would not field anything close to a B team in Aljunied Group Representative Constituency, let alone a candidate that it feels is of “Ministerial Read More
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SG High Commissioner rebuts The Economist on freedom of speech in Singapore
By The Online Citizen July 6, 2015
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By TREmeritus The Economist writing about the media situation in Singapore last month (‘Zip it‘, 24 Jun) talked about Singapore bloggers getting into trouble with the government. The Economist described a peculiar situation where the prosecution was pushing for rehabilitation and counselling while Read More
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The intolerance and extremism of Kallang Leisure Mall
By The Online Citizen July 6, 2015
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By Qwerty What Kallang Leisure Mall (KLM) did to keep soldiers out is no different from the intolerance and extremism which our country has been guarding against. I should begin by first stating that there is no moral equivalency between what KLM did Read More
More... If you support the freedom to love, why aren’t you supporting freedom of speech?
By The Online Citizen July 6, 2015
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By AL Hey gays (and straight allies), where were you in the #freeAmosYee protest today? There were 28,000 of you at Pink Dot this year, but only 500 people turned up at the Amos Yee protest. You said you’ll fight — no, celebrate Read More
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Freedom of expression – a struggle by us, and with us
By Howard Lee July 6, 2015
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By Howard Lee The recent lecture and discussion featuring journalism professor Cherian George, blogger Alex Au and film-maker Ken Kwek, “Deliberating the Freedom of Expression in Singapore”, could not have brought together a panel that is more experienced on the subject matter, and Read More
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Posted on July 6, 2015 by Andrew Loh
Amos is free – but Government has questions to answer for
By Andrew LohAmos Yee today walks free – battered, perhaps bruised, but nonetheless with head held high. The teenager has fought in his own way a battle which has attracted international attention, all the way to the United Nations, and from Taiwan to Malaysia and Read More
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