Civil Society
Human Rights Watch: Singapore’s ‘Fake News’ law curtails speech
Migrant Workers’ Rights Ignored During Covid-19 Pandemic, says International Non-Government Organisation in statement (Bangkok, 13 January 2021) – Singapore’s government...
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Regional MPs urge Cambodian authorities to drop charges against opposition members and supporters, allow those in exile to safely return
Regional lawmakers on Wednesday (13 Jan) urged Cambodian authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop all politically-motivated criminal charges against hundreds...
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Police approved over 8,500 out of more than 11,000 permit applications for public assemblies outside Speakers’ Corner since 2009: MHA
Singapore police have approved 8,545 permit applications for public assemblies outside the Speakers’ Corner out of the 11,269 received since...
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Covid-19 Vaccines for Malaysia: A Call for Transparency in Registration & Purchasing
by Citizens’ Health Initiative With the exception of the People’s Republic of China and a few other countries like New...
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Govt makes “an exception” for sticker-covered Tuas lamp post while activist Jolovan Wham faces vandalism charges for momentarily putting up poster
Two pieces of paper pasted on the window of an MRT train using scotch tape have not caused any disamenities...
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Here’s why allowing police access to TraceTogether data goes beyond matters of intrusion of privacy, according to Amnesty International
Many countries around the world have adopted mass surveillance to keep track of their citizens’ movement in the name of...
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Human Rights Watch urges S’pore govt to promptly firewall TraceTogether data away from police, other law enforcement personnel
The Singapore government should protect the population's right to privacy by "immediately firewalling" data collected from its COVID-19 contact tracing...
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Hong Kong protests not only a domestic issue, but “a global fight against democratic recession”: Hong Kong human rights activist
Hong Kong’s protest movement extends beyond a domestic issue -- rather, it is "a global fight against democratic recession", said...
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Individuals arrested and detained under ISA “have no opportunity to respond” to allegations, says Function 8 director Teo Soh Lung
Individuals detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) "have no opportunity to respond" to the allegations made against them, said...
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27 civil society organisations jointly urge President Halimah Yacob to convene COI to review Singapore’s justice system in open letter
27 civil society organisations in an open letter released on Friday (18 December) jointly urged President Halimah Yacob to convene...
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