3rd March update: CSJ asks for SDP v PAP debate on Talking Point The Singapore Democratic Party launched it’s Alternative Economic Programme and also released a Shadow Budget which is a first for a political opposition party. Not to mention it’s efforts on-the-ground and online for years (of course you wouldn’t know that by just … Continue reading
http://yoursdp.org Dr James Gomez talks about some real Hard Truths. Read Dr Gomez’s Politics and Ethnicity: Framing Racial Discrimination in Singapore and also Islam & Democracy in Singapore: Dialogue towards a Multicultural Society which he co-wrote with Zulfikar Mohd Shariff.
See also Martyn’s posts here, here, here and here. And also these reports here and here by the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada. Judiciary crushes free speech yet again Singapore Democrats, 22 Feb 2011 Unsurprisng perhaps but the Judiciary has again crushed Singaporeans’ right to freedoms of speech and … Continue reading
One could have hardly missed local media coverage (which continues) of Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going. Here are two reviews about a new book which will probably not see the light of day in Singapore (and the local news media here is “too busy” promoting Hard Truths) but if anybody finds … Continue reading
Watch Vincent Cheng’s historic speech here and here and see my post here about Michael Fernandez. You can download SDP’s Shadow Budget here and watch a video of their Budget press conference here. Two ex-ISA detainees join SDP Tessa Wong, Sunday Times, 20 Feb 2011 Former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees Michael Fernandez and Vincent … Continue reading
See my posts here and here about Michael Fernandez’s lawsuit against the Government. Read also these reports here and here[PDF]. Ex-ISA detainee’s suits thrown out He started legal action against Govt for alleged torture, unlawful detention By Tessa Wong, Feb 19, 2011 A LAWSUIT brought against the Government by a former detainee for alleged torture … Continue reading
18th Feb 2011 update: You can now download and read the Shadow Budget here. See also my amplify post about a missing phrase in yesterday’s web report by Straits Times and in its print version today. Read TOC’s report on the launch here and Ng E-Jay’s article here. Wijeysingha outlines SDP’s Shadow Budget Singapore Democrats, … Continue reading
Some Singaporean lawyers (and citizens) may not quite like to consider themselves oppressed, but we believe a full stomach makes a poor replacement for liberty lost. While Singapore’s Law Society is a neutered body that is under the thumb of the ruling PAP, we hope there are some who will believe in freedom and want … Continue reading
IBAHRI gravely concerned by conviction and sentence of Dr Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party, 14 Feb 2011 The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is gravely concerned about the recent ruling of the Singapore High Court, in which Dr Chee Soon Juan’s conviction for speaking in public without a … Continue reading
Dr Chee Soon Juan talks about the recent ground-breaking success of the online drive to raise $20,000 to pay the fine that the Judiciary imposed on him for exercising his right to free speech. He urges Singaporeans to stand up for their rights and reminds the people that they are not powerless – http://yoursdp.org/
