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Imagine spending 24 hours a day in a crammed cell, with no sight of when this "quarantine" will end.

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 …

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Civil activist Jolovan Wham and SDP's John Tan were each fined $5,000 on Monday with what the authorities called as scandalizing the judiciary via separate Facebook posts.