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Academic freedom not on par with basic human freedom
Jamie Alicia Nonis


Capital punishment: Is it justifiable?
Koo Zhi Xuan

It is a legitimate question which any concerned citizen is morally entitled to ponder and, in a free society, to voice.

Single, unwed parents need leave too
Anson Lim

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2009 International Human Rights Day Message

International Human Rights Day reminds us of the enormous efforts still required to make human rights a reality for all. Human rights education will enables our people to be better informed of international perspectives on the human rights and better appreciate the value of human life.

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University Bookshop Takes "Self-Censorship" Off Shelf

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Singapore Human Rights Report 2001 submitted to United Nations by Think Centre

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Human Rights Report 2002

Publications

Self-Censorship: Singapore's Shame  SHAME Magazine
The Political Dimensions of the Economic Crisis  Publish and Perish: The Censorship of Opposition Party Publications in Singapore
Young Vietnam: Doi Moi's Children   Democratic Transitions in Asia
Internet Politics - Surveillance and Intimidation in Singapore  September 11 & Political Freedom - Asian Perspectives

News Sunday, 01 August, 2010

Features
Think Centre's Post-May Day - Reflections

(Think Centre)
24 May 2010

The economic thunderstorm that hit our country last year have exposed some dangerous cracks. The international situation is still difficult and working people are left bearing the burden of the crises in Singapore and Southeast Asia (ASEAN).

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Breaking News
Think Centre calls for moratorium on death penalty

(Think Centre)
16 May 2010

Any humane criminal justice system could not continue to justify the retention of the death penalty based on retribution.

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Features
UNSR highlights issues for review

(Asiaone)
30 April 2010

There may be no institutionalised racial discrimination in Singapore, several policies have further marginalized of certain ethnic groups. This is a situation that must be acknowledged and acted. The task of enhancing the enjoyment of human rights in the Singaporean society must be borne by all - the Government, citizens, residents and civil society organisations.

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Public Forums
UNSR Meets Think Centre and Civil Society groups

(Think Centre)
28 April 2010

Think Centre organised a two hour closed door meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Mr Githu Muigai on 24 April 2010 to meet with members of Singapore’s civil society.

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Breaking News
First mission to Singapore by UN Special Rapporteur on racism

(UN Press Release)
21 April 2010

The Special Rapporteur is scheduled to hold meetings with representatives of the Government and with members of the legislative and judicial branches. Discussions will also be held with non-governmental organizations, community members, academics and other individuals working in the field of racism and discrimination.

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Other News [ News | Features | Opinions | Scoops ]

Toothless AICHR fails human rights victims  (30-Mar-2010)

2010 International Day Against Racism and Xenophobia (22-Mar-2010)

Lawyers challenge death sentence (21-Mar-2010)

International Women's Day 2010 (08-Mar-2010)

ASEAN integration going slow due to trust issues (21-Feb-2010)

Blurring state and party lines (20-Feb-2010)

Commemorating the 2nd World Day of Social Justice (20-Feb-2010)

Welfare in Singapore: The stingy nanny (16-Feb-2010)

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Public Forums:
Interim Singapore Working Group

29 September 2007

Round Table discussion on ASEAN@40 Series of Events, Singapore Working Group for ASEAN, ASEAN Charter and ACSC-3

Articles:
Signing of the ASEAN Charter Set to Become a Tragic Farce
The future of human rights in Asean
40th Anniversary Highlights the Need to Set ASEAN on a New Path
The Draft ASEAN Charter: Is it people-centred?
Draft ASEAN Charter must be distributed to the people
ASEAN: Need for Greater Civil Society Involvement
THE ASEAN CHARTER: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ASEAN Civil Society Conference
Interim Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
Civil Society Consultation: Creating a Truly People-Centred ASEAN Community
The Interim Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
RoundTable Discussion on
Establishing an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
Peace Boat: Happy Birthday Aung San Suu Kyi
Civil society kicks off ASEAN Charter involvement (belatedly)
 
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Human Rights Watch Series:
Death Penalty in Singapore

25 April 2005

June 2001, Think Centre begins to raise public awareness on the death penalty issue.


Sign Petition Singapore: Calls for immediate moratorium on the death penalty

April 2005, Think Centre reaffirms call for a moratorium on death penalty and to commute all death sentences to imprisonment. Think Centre calls on the government to remove the mandatory capital punishment for simple possession of drugs. The mandatory death sentence must be removed. Singapore is believe to have the world's highest per capita execution rate,relative to its population.

Articles:
Singapore opposed the call for a moratorium on death-penalty
There Is More To The Death Penalty Debate
What does PERC have to do with Death Penalty!
AI reports on Singapore executions, human rights
The question of the death penalty
Think Centre calls for a moratorium on Death Penalty
Singapore activists vow to keep fire burning against death penalty
S'pore frees German drug offender
Jakarta: Protest against Death Penalty in Singapore
Singapore finally finds a voice in death row protest
HUNG AT DAWN: Concert Against Death Penalty
Static Art Display: Hung at Dawn Concert
Poem: Hung at Dawn
SINGAPORE: Two Africans sentenced to death
Singapore: Government defends mandatory death penalty
World Day Against the Death Penalty
Two Indonesian Domestic Workers Escape the Death Penalty
Hung at Dawn: Police Ban Sam's Face
6th May Candlelit Vigil
The Death Penalty – An Irrational Debate
Think Centre: Reaffirms Call for Moratorium on executions
The family and children of Shanmugam Murugesu
Suspected Drug Trafficker Free to Do Business
13 May 2005: Shanmugam to be hanged at 6am
President unable to accede for constititional court hearing
Think Centre calls for Constitutional Court decision and Moratorium on death penalty
Shanmugam Murugesu will be hanged: 13 May 2005
Singapore: President rejects clemency for Shanmugam
Death-row detainee Shanmugam:
2 hanged and there are 8 more
Death Penalty: SAVE THE LIFE OF SHANMUGAM MURUGESU
A PLEA TO SAVE THE LIFE
Govt criticized AI's report on Death Penalty: J.B.Jeyaretnam comments
Death Penalty: Latest worldwide statistics released
Malaysia: Is Capital Punishment Justified?
JAPAN: Death Penalty and the Media
BHUTAN: Capital punishment abolished
India: The debate on death penalty
Death Penalty: NGUYEN, Vietnamese refugee-cum-scout
Singapore struggles with image as executioner
Singapore: Death Penalty should be commuted to imprisonment
Death Penalty: Nguyen Tuong Van appeals
Two More to Hang in Singapore
Death Penalty
S'pore: Capital punishment soars
J.B.Jeyaretnam Calls for a Criminal Cases Review Commission
Think Centre Calls for a moratorium on Death Penalty
SINGAPORE: Death Penalty - Julaiha Begum (f), aged 52, faces imminent execution after her appeal for presidential clemency has been denied.
Singapore: High execution rate shrouded in secrecy
Singapore Death Penalty Shrouded In Silence
Singapore:
Indian migrant worker facing execution
Death penalty: The Unconstitutional Punishment
COURT DISMISSES DEATH-ROW APPEAL
Was innocent man hanged due to procedure?
Death Penalty: The Silence is Deafening and Disturbing
Zulfikar bin Mustaffah to be Hanged this Friday
Death Penalty Case Gets an Airing in Parliament
Drug Addicts and Death Penalty in Singapore
The Death Penalty in Southeast Asia
Death Penalty: Information needed on Death Sentence and Execution Statistics in Singapore this year
Clemency Plea to the President of Singapore
Zulfikar bin Mustaffah is a Drug Addict but NOT a Drug Trafficker!
Imminent Execution, 30 May 2001, Zulfikar bin Mustaffah, Aged 32, Unemployed
 
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Quotes

"The future is not something hidden in a corner. The future is something we build in the present."

- Paulo Freire

Human Rights Watch

Singapore:‘Textbook Example” of Repressive State

"As Singapore begins to emerge from the international financial crisis and focuses on elections that are likely to be held later this year, the government should act to improve its poor human rights record" Human Rights Watch

Defamation case threatens press freedom

The government of Singapore has a history of using civil defamation actions to stifle political opposition.

Human Rights Education

UN Human Rights Day Statement
UN HCHR Navi Pillay

Everyone should enjoy all human rights. No one should be excluded. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.Non-discrimination must prevail.

Are Human Rights Universal?
Navanethem Pillay - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Media Watch

Wall Street Journal accused of attacking Singapore judiciary

Singapore's attorney-general accused the Wall Street Journal Asia of seeking to undermine the city-state's judiciary and sought a "substantial fine" on the newspaper's publisher.

Singapore: Restrictions Follow Critics to Cyberspace
Lin Quan Zhong

Policy Watch

Rich Singapore resists welfare reforms
Simon Montlake

The recent recession has exposed the vulnerability of Singapore have-nots. Critics say the city-state should provide a better social safety net.

Temasek's portfolio falls by S$40 billion
Saeed Azhar and Kevin Lim

Labour Watch

Blanket recruitment
Seah Chiang Nee

Singapore: Jobs are increasingly available but ironically many of the positions are in search for more foreigners to fill rather than Singaporeans.

Singapore: 5.9% or 116,300 are jobless
Abhijit

Election Watch

'Major win' for Japan opposition

Japan is suffering record unemployment and its economy is struggling to emerge from a bruising recession. The DPJ has said it will shift the focus of government from supporting corporations to helping consumers and workers.

What went wrong for Japan's LDP?
Philippa Fogarty


ASEAN Watch
 

Vietnam takes the helm

Asean has committed to building a people-centred community. Vietnam will work with other members on appropriate modalities for communication and engagement with the civil society.

Rafendi Djamin: Indonesian member of the AICHR
Marwaan Macan-Markar


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