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SINGAPORE/WORLD: Declaring Dr. Chia Thye Poh as a Singaporean hero is a better way to commemorate the death of Lee Kuan Yew

Many, including President Barack Obama, have been paying glowing tributes to Lee Kuan Yew since the announcement of his death this morning, 23rd March 2015. However, recalling what Lee Kuan Yew did to...

SINGAPORE: Death Penalty – resumes executions

The Singapore Working Group on the Death Penalty Statement on executions carried out on the 18th of July 2014. The Singapore Working Group on the Death Penalty deeply regrets, and is gravely disappoin...

SINGAPORE: Think Centre’s Human Rights Defender Award 2011 

Think Centre Human Rights Defender Award 2011 http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=3107 Jolovan Wham — Executive Director of HOME (Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics) ...

SINGAPORE: Chia Thye Poh long time prisoner of conscience is honored 

Mr. Chia Thye Poh, a recipient of this year’s LLG Spiritual Award, will be going to receive the award which will take place on Sunday 18 December 2011 at 10am at the Confucian Chinese Independen...

SINGAPORE: The Singaporean Government should repeal the ISA 

The Asian Human Rights Commission calls on the Singaporean government to repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA) immediately. The ISA is a draconian law that has been used as a tool to suppress democra...

SINGAPORE: Legal Charges Threat to Freedom of Expression 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Human Rights Watch forwa...

SINGAPORE: Judicial harassment of journalist, an affront to freedom of expression 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) to the Attorney-General of the Repub...

ASIA: UNJUST—A thought provoking documentary 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian f...

SINGAPORE: Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession in Singapore 

A. INTRODUCTION To the casual observer, Singapore appears to be a cosmopolitan city-state with a functioning democracy based on the rule of law. After a century as a British colony, Singapore became s...

UPDATE (Singapore): Execution of Australian national carried out in Singapore 

[RE: FA-33-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian national faces imminent death by hanging; UP-128-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang; UP-140-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang on Friday De...

UPDATE (Singapore): Australian confirmed to hang on Friday December 2 

[RE: FA-33-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian national faces imminent death by hanging; UP-128-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has receiv...

UPDATE (Singapore): Australian confirmed to hang 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information confirming that Singapore will go ahead with the execution of an Australian man convicted of drug smuggling. As reported...

SINGAPORE: J.B.Jeyaretnam Calls for a Criminal Cases Review Commission

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding a joint press briefing by J.B.Jeyaretnam and the Think Centre. The press briefing is about the rejection of the application of the r...

UPDATE (SINGAPORE): Mistreatment of imprisoned Singaporean opposition leader

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updates regarding the imprisonment of Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and Chair of the 18-nation All...

SINGAPORE: Oppositionist fined and imprisoned for defending his right to freedom of assembly in defiance of police warning not to hold the rally for workers’ rights.

On 8 October 2002, Singaporean Court sentenced Chee Soon Juan, Singaporean opposition leader, and Ghandhi Ambalam for five and four weeks jail for breaking Singapore’s Public Entertainment and Meetin...

Singapore: Petition to Ratify ICCPR and ICESR and Repeal the ISA

6 December 1998: 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Human Rights Day 80 people including former political detainees and many children, gathered at the Excelsior Hotel to mark the 50th anniversary of th...

SINGAPORE: High Court upheld Dr. Chee’s conviction for speaking in public without a permit 

Dear friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal from the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) regarding the affirmation of the High Court of the guilty verdict...