Jolovan Wham

PAP’s overwhelming dominance makes civil rights advocacy challenging, says Jolovan Wham

Advocating for civil rights will continue to be a challenging task for Singaporeans in the future, given the overwhelming dominance…

Jolovan Wham: “One set of rules exists for PAP MPs and another for ordinary citizens”

by Jolovan Wham The right to freedom of assembly is a fundamental and constitutional right of all Singaporeans. Louis Ng should…

Singapore’s AGC directs Police to not take further action against PAP MP Louis Ng over act of holding placard in 2020

The Singapore Attorney-General’s Chamber (AGC) has told local media that Nee Soon Group Representative Constituency (GRC) Member of Parliament, Louis…

Jolovan Wham: Going to prison to “show the inherent violence and brutality of the State to citizens expressing themselves peacefully”

by Jolovan Wham I was released last Friday after spending 15 days in Changi prison for a one-person assembly which lasted…

Exhibition for Migrant Workers (18-28 Mar) rated “Advisory” with “Some Mature Content”

Civil rights activist and social worker Jolovan Wham took to Facebook on Sunday (21 March) to point out that he…

Utterly absurd that Jolovan Wham was penalised so heavily for peaceful acts of civil disobedience

by Teo Soh Lung I was in the spanking new state of the art Court No. 32A of the State…

Will the Govt change or will it imprison more people like Jolovan before things can change for the better?

by Teo Soh Lung Jolovan Wham pleaded guilty to three charges today: Illegal assembly for participating in a peaceful protest…

Singapore authorities should immediately quash conviction of human rights activist Jolovan Wham, says Human Rights Watch

Singapore authorities should immediately quash the conviction of human rights activist Jolovan Wham in violation of his right to peaceful…

Singapore: ICJ urges authorities to refrain from legal harassment of human rights defenders

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Friday (21 Aug) condemned the conviction and imprisonment of human rights defender Jolovan…

Activists say migrant worker feels imprisoned, suicide is the language of the voiceless

While Singapore has entered the second phase of the post circuit breaker on 19 June, migrant workers continue to remain…