Civil Society
18-year-old S’porean student holds country’s first “climate strike”
An 18-year-old Singaporean student named J-Min took a stand for the planet in the country’s first "climate strike" last Friday...
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Pink Dot at Hong Lim Park to be called off, supporters invited to participate from home
As the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Singapore, social distancing is one of the precautionary measures...
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RSF unveils 20/2020 list of press freedom’s digital predators
To mark this year’s World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, celebrated on 12 March, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is unveiling its list...
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The black hole of civic engagement in Singapore
by Kathy Xu “Imagine a hole suddenly and invasively being drilled into a wall of your home and you are...
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UN expert Yanghee Lee finishes mandate by urging Myanmar authorities to embrace democracy and human rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, called on the Myanmar Government to...
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ASEAN: End systemic violence against women in Southeast Asia
In conjunction with International Women’s Day 2020, the Asian Forum for Development and Human Rights (FORUM‐ASIA) is calling on Member...
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AWARE announces winners of Taking Ctrl, Finding Alt contest to combat technology-facilitated sexual violence
Earlier today (10 March), gender-equality organisation AWARE announced two winners for its contest Taking Ctrl, Finding Alt, which aimed to...
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Migrant workers NGO voices over impact of Covid-19 outbreak on rights of migrant workers
The stringent measure put in place by the government to contain the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak could put migrant...
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LFL urges S’pore AGC to withdraw threat against Malaysian death row prisoners’ counsel M Ravi
Malaysia-based human rights group Lawyers For Liberty (LFL) on Wed (5 Feb) urged Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) to withdraw its...
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KL High Court denies bail for M’sian assemblyman charged for allegedly supporting Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group
The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Wed (29 Jan) dismissed a bail application filed by a Malaysian assemblyman who was...
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57-year old seafood seller identified as first from Huanan Market to test positive for COVID-19 -
Moscow begins lockdown, as Russia regions prepare for confinement -
WHO refused to acknowledge Taiwan, praises Singapore instead -
National Wages Council: 10% cut in basic pay or lower MVC, if wage cuts necessary -
Columbia Sportswear’s CEO takes pay cut on own salary while continuing to pay employees amid COVID-19 crisis -
PM Lee cautions public about fake COVID-19 email allegedly sent by him asking for “contribution” -
Impossible Foods launches Earth Month campaign to highlight Singapore’s environmental impact -
German Finance Minister committed suicide for worrying about the economic fallout caused by COVID-19 pandemic -
Lightning never strikes twice? For Dr Tan Cheng Bock, it could even be thrice -
Bethany Church Singapore: Dog abuse case does not relate to the church or its activities -
Getting to know what is monetary policy in Singapore & the S$NEER -
Govt should “exercise restraint” in deploying “institutional prerogatives” when wanting to call for early general elections, says Prof Donald Low -
Manpower Ministry to consider appeals from self-employed and freelancers who do not qualify for COVID-19 relief scheme -
SIA CEO now says to take 30% pay cut after Temasek’s bailout; his pay was $1.4m with total $5.5m pkg last FY -
STI slid 2.4%, shares fell following monetary easing by MAS
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Legal brothels in S'pore to close until the end of next month -
This is not a time for the government to be playing Jekyll and Hyde with Singaporeans -
PM Lee goes on walkabout in Ang Mo Kio, distributes bottles of hand sanitiser to patrons at Teck Ghee Court Food Centre -
Ministry of Manpower will not extend temporary housing support to Malaysian workers -
Dr Tan Cheng Bock: Obvious choice between an early election which may cause a far worse health crisis and a legal constitutional problem -
Resilience Budget: S'pore to freeze all govt charges and fees for one year until Mar 2021, temporarily suspend student loan repayments, says DPM Heng Swee Keat -
DPM Heng had responded to some requests for private-hire bus drivers facing challenges amid COVID-19 crisis, says WP’s chief -
More Indonesians carrying Covid-19 virus arriving to seek treatments in Singapore hospitals -
What are we to make of an opposition that is reduced to being a mere spectator in a crisis? -
Third death from COVID-19 infection in Singapore, 70-yr-old who had no recent travel history to affected areas and link to previous cases -
Lee Hsien Yang shares photo of late Lee Kuan Yew’s favourite carpet on his father’s fifth death anniversary -
Temasek's largest shareholdings plunged S$34.24 billion in three months -
Closing our borders to short term visitors but still going ahead with general elections, is contradictory -
Netizens condemn Lawrence Wong for delaying ban on foreign visitors and putting economy first before SG lives -
Lawyer Teo Soh Lung criticizes mainstream media for misleading people, calls SM Teo’s explanations on caretaker govt as ‘talking nonsense’
