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Jacob's Weblog
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Life in general, and especially politics and human rights, in Singapore.
Recent Posts
{Video} SDP’s Christmas Message 2009
Assistant Secretary-General John Tan gives the SDP’s Christmas message. Mr Tan was a Bible scholar and a missionary intern. He is currently a social psychologist. – yourSDP.org ...
SDP: Miscellaneous Offences Act abused to target and criminalise legitimate political activity by Opposition
A flyer for the 16 Sept 2006 event. Watch "Speakers Cornered" below. Judge agrees that it is illegal to criticize Govt without permit Singapore Democrats, 19 Dec 2009 District Judge Ch’ng Lye Beng found Mr Gandhi Ambalam, Dr Chee Soon...
‘This Christmas, Remember Yong’ campaign and petition drive
From Rojo Cancer’s blog post, Dear friends, For those who are not aware yet, Yong was granted a second stay of execution on 8 December 2009. The date for his appeal is set to be in March next year, and we’ll keep you updated on the detai...
Media freedom in Singapore (audio interview with Ben Bland and James Gomez’s 2005 report)
See my posts here about Ben Bland’s involuntary departure from Singapore. Listen here to Bland’s interview with the Lowy Institute, an Australian think-tank, about his case and media freedom in Singapore. He blogs at Asia File. The follow...
Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore: 8 migrant workers’ death penalties overturned AFTER being sentenced to die
This report by Jakarta Globe is noteworthy for two reasons. One, the plight of Indonesian migrant workers in Singapore and the statistics cited in the report. And two, the revelation by the Ambassador that eight Indonesian migrant workers had their...
The Coffee Shop Murder, J B Jeyaretnam and the Death Penalty
Thanks to Isrizal for uploading this chapter from Lee’s Laws: How Singapore crushes dissent. The Reform Party refers to this case in its press release on the death penalty. View this document on Scribd ...
