Why invoke POFMA when a simple Facebook post will do the trick?
On 22 January 2020, the Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a Correction Direction under POFMA against The Online Citizen…
Lawyer argues for more sentencing options for offenders with mental disorders
By Chooi Jing Yen, Partner at Eugene Thuraisingam LLP The Courts have said, time and again, that the current sentencing…
“Revealing the past convictions of the man who drove PM Lee’s son is unconstitutional” – M Ravi
By International Human Rights Lawyer M Ravi It has recently been reported that lawyers in Singapore are divided over a…
Resilience Campaign and Video aims to stop stigmatization of failure and people with disabilities
A recently released video by ‘Rebound with Resilience’ – a social campaign started by communications studies undergraduates from NTU –…
Singaporean human rights lawyer seeks UN intervention against contempt charges levied upon Malaysian lawyer Arun Kasi
By M Ravi United Nations intervention sought on contempt charges against Arun Kasi The recent news of Arun Kasi,…
“Tan-Chuan Jin has tainted the high office of the Speaker of Parliament” – M Ravi
By International Human Rights Lawyer M Ravi On Wednesday (12 February), Speaker of Parliament Tan-Chuan Jin said that he agrees…
CLTPA: A Permanent “Temporary” Law
by M. Ravi, International Human Rights Lawyer Can the Criminal Law Temporary Provisions Act (CLTPA) be considered “temporary” after 60…
Singaporean Gilbert Louis released by Malaysian Authorities after more than a month in detention
By way of a Facebook post on 14 November, international human rights lawyer M Ravi announced that Gilbert Louis would…
Malaysian AGC contradicts AG’s directions in the case of a Singaporean Man
On October 9 2018, the Malaysian Immigration Department detained Gilbert Louis, a Singaporean National, at his home in Johor Bahru.…
Tribunal: Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam’s Poem was not “a deliberate assault upon judicial integrity”
A tribunal appointed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon has ruled that a poem penned by criminal and human rights lawyer,…