Tag Archives: Human Rights Watch

The Human Rights Watch has releases a statement slamming the Singapore Government on the imprisonment of Jolovan Wham which started yesterday. He was jailed for being guilty of the charge of scandalizing the judiciary. They even referred to the law offence used by Singapore as being archaic, even pointing out that countries such as New Zealand, Canada and Brunei have ceased using the law. The Human Rights Watch went even as far as stating that the Singapore Government is so afraid of facing up to the truths that they turn to this law to silence their critics.

The Human Rights Watch has called for Singapore to stop investigating activists who attended the vigil for Prabagaran and demanded the government to stop harassing them or denying them of freedom of speech.

As there were no Singaporean speakers speaking on the human rights violations of freedom of expression, assembly and rights to legal representation in Singapore, and there wasn't any workshop regarding human rights defenders' court cases in Singapore, the following are some of the recent cases that have happened and requires your solidarity

As you prepare for the state visit of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on August 2, 2016, we write to highlight key human rights concerns that we hope you will raise in both public and private with Prime Minister Lee. These include issues of freedom of speech, assembly, and association, and the rights of LGBT people. We provide further detail on these topics in the appendix to this letter.

Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch (‪‎HRW‬) has released his statement on the defamation suit against ‪‎Singapore‬ blogger Roy Ngerng by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. In his statement, Phil Robertson slammed Lee for behaving just like his deceased father, Lee Kuan Yew, in threatening his opponents with defamation lawsuits. He said that this defamation suit says a lot about Singapore's leaders disregard for freedom of expression and their insecurities.

The Malaysian government should cease using the country’s sedition law to arbitrarily arrest opposition lawmakers, activists, and critical academics, Human Rights Watch said today. Since 2013, at least 14 people have been charged under the Sedition Act 1948 for criticizing the government or government officials. Those found guilty face up to five years in prison and a fine of RM 5,000 (US$1,600).