SDP calls for Minister of Health to take responsibility for Hep C incident
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) calls for Minister for Health Mr Gan Kim Yong to take responsibility for the Hepatitis C episode which took place during April to June this year that had 25 patients...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the Universal Periodic Review
What is the Universal Periodic Review? The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council that reviews the condition of human rights across all member...
View ArticleCivil society organisations submit shadow report for Universal Periodic Review
Civil society groups in Singapore have come together to submit a shadow report to the United Nations (UN) to highlight human rights issues in Singapore for the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR)....
View ArticleHuman rights in Singapore a matter of pragmatism, says government report to UN
The Singapore government on Friday signalled its commitment to protecting the human rights of all Singaporeans, but emphasised a pragmatic approach. According to The Straits Times, the government...
View ArticleYouths demands action, not empty promises in COP21 to address climate change...
Ms Nor Lastrina Hamid of the Singapore Youth for Climate Action (SYAC) was spoke at the Conference of the Parties (COP21) on behalf on world youth to voice their concerns over climate change and call...
View ArticleWP reiterates concern over negotiations between LTA and SMRT over new rail...
The Workers’ Party (WP) has called upon the government to introduce KPIs on the progress of maintenance and renewal of rail assets on an annual basis, and to seek transparency on negotiations between...
View ArticleDengue fever cluster persist in Tampines Ave 4 over a month
From Outbreak.SGcharts.SG A dengue cluster along Tampines Ave 4 have persisted over a month since 9 November with a total of 109 cases, of which 25 were reported in the last 2 weeks. A dengue cluster...
View ArticleDomestic worker lost 20kgs after being starved for 15 months
A Singaporean couple is on trial for allegedly starving their Filipina domestic worker while employed under the two. Ms Thelma Oyasan Gawidan, 40, had worked for the couple for almost 1.5 years before...
View ArticleMore transparency needed on KPIs for rail maintenance, says Workers’ Party
The Workers’ Party’s (WP) spokesperson and NCMP Dennis Tan Lip Fong has called for clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on the progress of maintenance and renewal of rail assets. “Every year, there...
View Article8 free speech concerns the Community Action Network highlighted for the UPR
By Lisa Li In January 2016, Singapore’s human rights record will face international scrutiny at the United Nations (UN) for the second time. This is part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which...
View ArticleSection 298 contradicts Singapore’s secularism, says Muslim group
A group of moderate Muslims in Singapore have come forward to critique the law under which teen blogger Amos Yee is being investigated, saying that it contradicts the principle of secularism in...
View Article10 reasons to end marital immunity for rape
By AWARE Singapore According to the Penal Code, “She’s my wife” can be a complete legal defence to charges of rape (s375). The Alliance of Like-Minded CSOs in Singapore (ALMOS), who collaborated in the...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch: Domestic worker starved in Singapore
By Nisha Varia, Human Rights Watch A couple is currently on trial in Singapore for allegedly starving their domestic worker to the point where she weighed only 29 kilograms (64 pounds). The domestic...
View ArticleA long way to go towards implementing accepted UPR recommendations on the...
By We Believe in Second Chances Singapore might be a small city-state, but its pro-death penalty stance is well-known. Just last year, Law and then-Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam gave a speech in...
View ArticlePower trip causes train to stall between Joo Koon and Pioneer MRT stations
Train operator SMRT announced at 9.07pm on Thursday evening that 65 passengers aboard a train travelling towards Joo Koon from Pioneer MRT station were forced to detrain on to the tracks after a...
View ArticleInnovative one-stop fishing platform to tackle mass fish deaths caused by...
Local fish farmers in Singapore have lost tens if not hundreds of thousands worth of fish stock to Hazardous Algae Blooms (HABs) in recent years due to the rise of sea temperature and increased...
View Article5 patients with possible latent TB infection detected after NUH’s screening
The National University Hospital has found no patient infected with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) but detects five with indication of latent TB infection after it had contacted more than 160...
View ArticleCompass Point to be renamed 1 Sengkang Mall in 2016
Compass Point, a suburban shopping mall located at 1 Sengkang Square will be reopening in 2016 with a brand new name, “1 Sengkang Mall” after concluding a renaming competition for the mall. The...
View ArticlePolice warnings are mere opinions and not legally binding as prononucement of...
In a recent judgement by the High Court, Justice Woo Bih Li ruled that warnings issued by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) are mere opinions of the relevant...
View ArticlePedestrian knocked down by SOC vehicle on Christmas Eve
A video submitted to local citizen journalism website, STOMP shows a pedestrian being knocked down by a Special Operations Command (SOC) vehicle from the police force at Clemenceau Avenue towards...
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