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TOC editor-in-chief mounts judicial review application against Attorney-General for seeking contempt of court committal order over republication of blog post

TOC editor-in-chief Terry Xu has filed a judicial review application against the Singapore Attorney-General, Lucien Wong for seeking a contempt…
Court Cases

Lawyers For Liberty: Contempt of court threat a “disproportionate response” to Malaysian news portal’s article on Changi Prison death row inmates’ landmark lawsuit

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Threatening a Malaysian news portal with contempt of court action over its article on a landmark…
Current Affairs

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,…
Court Cases

Criminal and Human Rights Lawyer Fined $6,000 for a Poem on Death Penalty that “Scandalised the Judicary”

By Ariffin Sha Mr Eugene Thuraisingam, a prominent criminal and human rights lawyer, was found guilty of contempt of court…
Civil Society

Singapore: Blogger’s conviction violates free speech

Revoke Colonial-Era ‘Scandalizing the Judiciary’ Offense (New York, February 23, 2015) – A Singapore court’s conviction of a prominent blogger…