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Youths asking consumers to petition Old Chang Kee and Polar Puffs to switch to using palm oil that does not cause deforestation and haze

Over two weeks after World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched their…

Amnesty International: Executions continue in flawed attempt to tackle drug crime, despite limited reforms

Singapore’s continued reliance on mandatory death sentences, which violate international law, has…

“1987 – Singapore’s Marxist Conspiracy 30 years” documents accounts of ISA detainees of the public’s silence over their detention

Book review of “1987 – Singapore’s Marxist Conspiracy 30 years ” by…

SDP Chair Paul Tambyah condemns recent government crackdowns

Newly Elected Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chairperson, Paul Tambyah, issues an official…

Function 8 and CAN: Article 14 of Singapore Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, expression, assembly and association

Joint statement by Function 8 and Community Action Network on the arrest…

Local​ ​NGOs​ ​come​ ​together​ ​to​ ​submit​ ​joint​ ​report​ ​to​ ​the​ ​UN about​ ​gender​ ​inequalities​ ​in​ ​Singapore

In an unprecedented move, 13 local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have joined forces…

Happy People Helping People Foundation holds first large scale excursion for elderly cardboard collectors

Volunteer group, Happy People Helping People Foundation held an outing for old folks (majority…

UN Human Rights Council puts Cambodia under scrutiny ahead of 2018 elections

(Bangkok/Geneva, 29 September 2017) In passing its biannual resolution on Cambodia today,…

Close to 2000 turn up at Hong Lim Park for protest against process of Elected Presidency

Close to 2000 individuals turned up at Hong Lim Park on 16…

Foreign domestic workers living in harsh condition at agency while waiting for employment

On Sunday, Jolovan Wham, a migrant worker rights activist posted a photo of…