What else can you call buggers who hide behind and use State powers to bring misery and pain to others for the sole reason of maintaining a stranglehold on power. Equally bad are those bastards who say they were just doing their jobs. Its no different from prostitution. My political awakening came about sometime between … Continue reading
Dr. James Gomez, Executive Director of Singaporeans for Democracy (SFD), met with officials at the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights in Bangkok on 22 June 2010. Dr. Gomez informed them of SFD’s plans and secured agreement to the independent submission. Read the SFD release here.
This bustling city boasts one of the highest levels of literacy in the world, but is surprisingly backward when it comes to discussion on issues of human rights. Hung Up on the Death Penalty By Stanislaus Jude Chan SINGAPORE, June 18, 2010 (IPS) – “The strict laws in Singapore have been made fun of, but … Continue reading
The Singapore Democrats calls on the PAP Government to accept full responsibility for the latest breach in security at the MRT depot and not push the blame onto the SMRT. More important, the Government must lay out comprehensive plans to ensure that all security installations are beefed up. – SDP YouTube Channel
Counsel Hold Out Hope for Youth on Death Row in Singapore By Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, June 15, 2010 (IPS) – A Malaysian youth is languishing in death row awaiting hanging after Singapore’s judiciary found him guilty of possessing heroin weighing 47 grams, lawyers fighting to save him tell IPS. Lawyers, human rights activists and … Continue reading
Unedited Footage from Mavi Marmara of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Culture of Resistance, Media Release, 11 June 2010 A full hour of raw footage taken aboard the Mavi Marmara in the hour leading up to and during the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla has just been made available to view at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwsMJmvS0AY The … Continue reading
Urgent Action Needed for Malaysian Citizen in Singapore Shamini Manickavasagam, klik4Malaysia.com, 10 June 2010 Read the report here. See here for my timeline of reports/articles/videos on Vui Kong’s case. If in fact the evidence supported Mr Teo’s claims, we would suspect that the government would publish it. Their failure to do so certainly creates reasonable … Continue reading
Singapore stops chicken man staging anti-KFC protest AFP, 10 June 2010 A US animal-rights activist said he was prevented by police Thursday from staging a one-man protest in a chicken suit at a KFC outlet in Singapore. Edward Basse, a Manila-based campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said he was whisked … Continue reading
This is an exchange of letters between Vincent Cheng and the National Library Board (NLB). See also my posts here and here. Read also Martyn See’s post 23 years after Operation Spectrum: Ex-detainees recall mental and physical abuses. 29th May 2010 – Vincent Cheng to NLB Dear Sir/Madam, I am the person who has been … Continue reading
[original link] FOR NEDA reveals the true story of Neda Agha-Soltan, who became another tragic casualty of Iran’s violent crackdown on post-election protests on June 20, 2009. Unlike many unknown victims, however, she instantly became an international symbol of the struggle: Within hours of Agha-Soltan’s death, cell phone photographs of her blood-stained face were held … Continue reading
