Jolovan Wham teaches us how to protect ourselves against the police if they come to seize your things. He says that even if the police has the right to confiscate your electronic devices, you can back up your things and delete things before the investigation. Even if the police is …
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Jolovan Wham: Singapore Prison Service Has No Human Rights!
Imagine spending 24 hours a day in a crammed cell, with no sight of when this "quarantine" will end.
Read More »Jolovan Wham Asked The Sky… And Received Lightning
Fellow Singaporeans, Our mutual friend Mister Jolovan Wham is at it again. You think you’ve heard the last of him holding a smiley face in front of some government building again ? Think again. He just got a one way trip to Changi Prison for shouting with a bunch of …
Read More »Activists Question if It Is Necessary to Imprison a Minor Without Trial
After a 16 year-old teen was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for planning to attack two mosques in Singapore, activists are questioning if the use of ISA on a minor was an abuse of power.
Read More »16 Year-Old ISA Detainee Planning Mosque Attacks: Fact or Fiction?
In the absence of trial and evidence such a heinous incident took place, we can safely dismiss yesterday’s announcement as “fabrications of a PAP government”.
Read More »Jolovan Wham Is A Victim Of Our State’s Authoritarian System
Jolovan Wham is an activist, and a social work who has been fighting for the rights of marginalised migrant workers in Singapore. This person has so far maintained a low profile until events in the recent years put him in the spotlight.
Read More »Jolovan Wham arrested… FOR HOLDING A SMILEY FACE
If you've read the title of this, that is the entire article and why it's ridiculous that I'm even ranting about it. A civil rights activist got fined $5000… FOR HOLDING A SIGN WITH A SMILEY FACE DOODLED ON IT.
Read More »The Judiciary Exists To Keep Us Safe From Criminals, Not Civil Activists, Bloggers, Or Politicians
What politicians fail to or do not wish to understand is the ramifications this will have on maintaining trust in State Institutions. The Courts and police exist for the sole purpose of keeping us safe and apprehending criminals and syndicates, not civil activists, bloggers or other politicians.
Read More »Humans Right watch Slams Singapore Government For Jolovan Wham’s Jail Term
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.
Read More »Lee Hsien Yang Offered $20k To Help Activist Jolovan Wham In His Court Appeal
Singapore activist Jolovan Wham has expressed gratitude towards Lee Hsien Yang for offering $20,000. Wham is appealing against the High Court which found him guilty of scandalising the judiciary. He previously insinuated that Malaysia's judges were more independent than Singapore's. What will LHL have to say to this now that his brother is helping an activist he is so against? How will this feud unfold?
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