Family of Dinesh Raman will appeal today’s decision SINGAPORE, October 16, 2013– Today, Singapore High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang dismissed the application for judicial review of...
By Gangasudhan Ask anyone who deals with statistics or who has been doing polls long enough and the chances are that they will let slip how...
Media Release from Civil Society Singapore Singapore, 16 October 2013 – A petition signed by more than 500 people both here and abroad has called on the Singapore...
By Fikri Alkhatib AWARE Op-ed for Coming Out Day Since 1988, October 11 has been celebrated around the world as Coming Out Day. A day to...
By Leong Sze Hian I refer to the articles “Ngiam Tong Dow says his recent comments on ministers unfair and illogical” and “PM Lee welcomes Ngiam Tong Dow’s clarification of...
Media Release from Civil Society Singapore Singapore, 14 October 2013 – The mother of a 20 year old prison inmate, who died in custody in circumstances widely...
By Z’ming Cik It has been a sweet triumph of sorts for the heritage enthusiasts of Bukit Brown who dub themselves the ‘Brownies’. They have now managed...
By Singapore Armchair Critic (Image by Andrew Low) Are you perturbed by the findings of a flurry of opinion polls published recently in the mainstream media?...
By Howard Lee It is heartening to hear Education Minister Heng Swee Keat announce that good principals would be transferred to neighbourhood schools to make every...
By Andrew Loh Have you noticed that “xenophobia” seems to have disappeared into thin air in Singapore? On 31 March this year, Straits Times reporter...
The 11th World Day against the Death Penalty is marked on October 10, 2013. Founded by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, a group of...
By William Lim It is reported by Straits Times that Indonesia have come up it’s own version of the Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) to have firms to hire locals...
By Charles Goh Dear Claire, many people have asked from time to time why we are raising awareness of the heritage value of Bukit Brown only...
Media Release Court rules that the original challenge to s377A will be heard in up-coming appeal SINGAPORE, October 10, 2013– Today the Court of Appeal ordered that...
By Andrew Loh – In April, faced with a letter of demand from a statutory board for emails she had sent out, Ms Han Hui Hui,...