The Alliance of Like-Minded CSOs in Singapore (ALMOS) is a group of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have collaborated to submit a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to the United Nations in 2015, to highlight human rights issues in Singapore. ALMOS is represented by AWARE, Function 8, HOME, Project X, Sayoni, Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign, The Online Citizen, Think Centre, We Believe in Second Chances and WWF Singapore, who have synergised efforts to increase international and local awareness of civil and political rights of Singaporeans through a combination of lobbying and public engagement activities.
Keep Reading →The Community Action Network and Think Centre are deeply concerned about the deteriorating health of Amos Yee.
Keep Reading →Aliran calls upon the Barisan Nasional government to be fair and just, and to free Jeyakumar and his colleagues immediately.
Keep Reading →The Malaysian authorities are muzzling calls for electoral reform by throwing peaceful protestors in jail. The use of repressive laws to criminalize peaceful political activism is appalling. How can a movement for fair elections be a threat to security?
Keep Reading →The group urged the Malaysian Parliament to take Yong's case to the International Court of Justice(ICJ). Chua Soon Bui,Tawau MP, supported the appeal to bring the case to ICJ so that Malaysians overseas facing trial would receive a fair trial.
Keep Reading →Amnesty International stated that "Singapore has thrown Alan Shadrake in prison solely for exercising his basic right of free speech".
Keep Reading →This new resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council reaffirms that "the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are essential components of democracy - to, inter alia, express their political opinions, engage in literary and artistic pursuits and other cultural, economic and social activities, engage in religious observances or other beliefs, form and join trade unions and cooperatives, and elect leaders to represent their interests and hold them accountable."
Keep Reading →The mandatory nature of this penalty effectively obstructs judges from considering the circumstances of a case or handing down lighter sentences.
Keep Reading →Discrimination at work is a principal form of racial discrimination. While trade unions fight for decent work for all, migrant workers are all too often victims of discrimination.
Keep Reading →Should the death penalty be an automatic punishment for drug traffickers? Lawyers for Yong Vui Kong argue country's policy of mandatory execution in drug cases is a breach of human rights.
Keep Reading →The theme of this year's International Women's Day – which is observed worldwide on 8 March – is "Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All".
Keep Reading →ASEAN countries are slow in integration due to low "trust-level". The Asean Charter may help to overcome such birth pains.
Keep Reading →Think Centre urges the president and the cabinet to consider Yong Vui Kong's clemency petition and commute his death sentence. Think Centre also calls on the government to remove the mandatory death sentence. The laws should be changed to permit judicial discretion and fairness for all cases.
Keep Reading →Increasing reports of insensitive evangelism have irked many Singaporeans and raised fears about a possible backlash.
Keep Reading →Criticism of the government grew despite restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly.
Keep Reading →The Coalition for Good Governance (CGG), an informal grouping of 55 civil society organisations (CSOs), thanks the State Government of Selangor for the meeting with the Mentri Besar of Selangor (MB) on 16 April 2008.
Keep Reading →Around 20 persons wearing red T-shirts that said "Tak Boleh Tahan" protested outside parliament house, holding placards and shouting slogans decrying the rising cost of living.
Keep Reading →Eight non-governmental organisations presented their joint statement in the interactive dialogue with Hina Jilani, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs), at the 7th session of the UN Human Right Council in Geneva.
Keep Reading →The Asean member nations' promise to ratify the Asean Charter before the grouping's annual summit in Bangkok later this year is becoming doubtful.
Keep Reading →There were 11 cases of death in custody in 2007, of which not a single case has had an inquest conducted to investigate the possible foul play of the police and the real cause of death.
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