Diplomatic row between SG and UK after 24 strokes of caning for Briton found guilty of repeated drug offences
A diplomatic row between longtime allies Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) has transpired over the caning of a UK ...
Tag: human rights
UN Human Rights Office urges Thailand to promptly enact torture and disappearance law fully incorporating international standards
After more than a decade of deliberation, it is critical that the proposed law criminalising torture and enforced disappearance in ...
Human rights organisations call for release of activist Teresita Naul ahead of court case
In a statement on Thursday (16 July), CIVICUS, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Karapatan, and other human rights organisations in ...
The Case Against Prabgaran’s Execution; Are we 100% sure that this man is guilty?
Prabagaran, a 29 year-old Malaysian, is set to be hung at dawn in less than 48 hours. With the exception ...
Room for improving voting process, campaigning ethics for free and fair elections: MARUAH to ELD
Human rights advocacy group MARUAH has written a letter to Mr Lee Seng Lup, Head of the Elections Department, to call for more ...
UPR Consultation
Dear Friends, Singapore is due for its first review on human rights at the Human Rights Council in Geneva next ...
Singapore does uphold human rights’ norms
Not everyone in the Govt is hostile to "human rights", says Koh Jie Kai.
Human Rights Anniversary – U60 launches series of events
Invitation to celebrate anniversary of UN Declaration of Human Rights.