How Ill-Defined Laws Are Used to Shut Down Criticism of the Government
Yesterday State Media mouthpiece Today published a report about a video that went viral showing a man arguing at Bishan MRT that he was being racially profiled by the Transcom […]
Singapore Government Bullies The Economist But Fails To Refute.
How the PAP are unable to refute Justice Coles on the Amos Yee asylum case.
An Open Letter to the President of The Association of Criminal Lawyers
29 March 2017 Dear Mr Sudheesan I respect the fact that you have many years of experience as a criminal lawyer and, though I do not know you, my friendship […]
An Open Letter to the Minister of Home Affairs
Dear Mr Shanmugam, I refer to the shoddy, petulant and misleading press release dated 25 March 2017 issued by your ministry : “MHA’s Comments on Amos Yee’s Asylum Application.” I […]
My First Hand Experience of Amos Yee’s Asylum Hearing
My first hand account of my experiences as a witness at Amos Yee's asylum hearing.
Statement in Support of Amos Yee’s Application for Asylum in The US
I sent this statement to Amos’s mother and lawyer to support his application for asylum in the US: Singapore teenager Amos Yee will shortly appear in court in America to […]
(Twitter) Storm in a Tea Cup. Or, How Andrew Loh and other Petty minds Politicised over the PM’s Health.
“With regards to an earlier posting I made…..” This is how Andrew Loh sometime founder/leader/editor of socio-political website TOC, now in hot water for taking foreign funding, started his written […]
How NOT to get charged with Sedition or Singapore is a Cash Cow which only the government can milk
The editors of the The Real Singapore, Ai Takagi and Yang Kaiheng, have been charged with sedition for stirring up ill will between Singaporeans and foreigners. Takagi has already pleaded […]
#WeAreMinions
Yesterday I wrote about the #WeAreMajulah team. A group of cynics trying to whip up Nationalist fervour by jumping on the bandwagon of the #JeSuisCharlie movement that sprung up as a […]
Has Lee Hsien Loong Forgotten Who Pays His Salary?
Today PM Lee posted a letter he had received, ostensibly from an expatriate family on his Facebook page. The family thanked him for their three years in Singapore and said […]
The Prisoner in Pyjamas
Three weeks ago I brought you the breaking news that Amnesty International were going to recognise Amos Yee as a prisoner of conscience. This followed from my communications with the head […]
How Our Government Came to be Perceived as Violating the Rights of Children
With Amos Yee’s sentencing due tomorrow, the Office of the United Nations HIgh Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a statement that sentencing Amos to reformative training is completely disproportionate […]
The AG’s Perverse Use of the Sub Judice Rule in the Amos Yee Case
A few days ago I wrote about how I had received the news that Amnesty International had decided to make Amos a “Prisoner of Conscience” (Breaking news: Amos Yee :World’s […]
A death sentence for the crime of Free Expression
I have been sent this anonymous account and asked to post it on my blog. Prisoner of conscience: Raif Badawi “It is abhorrent that this cruel and unjust sentence […]
Breaking news: Amos Yee :World’s Youngest Prisoner of Conscience to be recognised by Amnesty International
Amnesty International to recognise Amos Yee as A Prisoner of Conscience.
Some Further Thoughts on the Amos Case
There were a few further points that I want to add or clarify with respect to my previous post “Amos Yee: Singapore’s Youngest Political Prisoner”. Decision to Send Amos to […]
