Please see below for a research paper written by Ms Elsy Byuma, a law student from Belgium, on the role of the press in Singapore.
The role of the press in Singapore
5 December 2016
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MARUAH statement at UPR pre-session on Singapore
16 December 2015Speech by MARUAH for MARUAH and Collective of Singapore NGOs (COSINGO)
DECLARATION MADE BY MARUAH Singapore
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) PRE-SESSION ON SINGAPORE, GENEVA
16th DECEMBER 2015
Presentation of the Organisation
1. This statement is delivered by MARUAH Singapore, on behalf of Civil Society Organisations and individuals who have participated and followed the UPR process. “MARUAH” is a human rights NGO with special consultative status on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
National consultations for the drafting of the national report (if any)
2. There were 2 government-organised consultations held in Singapore.
3. MARUAH held 3 open consultations with various Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), individuals and university students.
Acknowledgment of work done by the Singapore Government
4. Since the 2011 UPR, the Government has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2013, acceded to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (UN TIP Protocol), often known as the Palermo Protocol in 2015, made legislative changes to the mandatory death penalty, thus introducing discretionary approaches and signed onto the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
5. The Government has organised more consultations without CSOs asking for it. Seemingly the government is becoming more open in discussing matters with civil society though the number of people being hauled up under various laws, continues as a deterrent to shut the voices down.
Plan of this Statement
6. The statement addresses the following issues:-
a. Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Freedom of peaceful assembly and association
b. Impediments to free and fair electoral systems, specifically the GRC system, redrawing of electoral boundaries
c. Lack of Independent Institutions for elections and setting up a National Human Rights Body
d. Ratification of other core international human rights instruments, specifically CERD, and optional protocols for CEDAW, CRC, CRPD
e. Continued usage of preventive detention without trial, under ISA & CLTPA
f. Lack of human rights education in schools
7. This statement will not go into all details but we have introduced footnotes to highlight the notes and evidence. (https://maruah.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/maruahupr2015-final.pdf); (https://maruah.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/combinedupr-final.pdf)
8. The aim of asking for interventions through questions and recommendations is for people in Singapore to be able to move away from this fear-ridden climate that we are embedded in.
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Post-Elections Forum 19 Sept 2015
23 September 2015Alex Au (starting at 13:00)
Alex’s slides can be found here and his thoughts on the issues raised at the forum are on his Yawning Bread website.
Sudhir Vadaketh
Sudhir has also posted the three questions he asked at sudhirtv.com
Derek da Cunha
Presentation slides are here
Rafiz Hapipi
Prof Jack Lee
Prof Lee’s slides on legal and procedural issues related to the election.
Terry Xu
Audience Questions & Answers
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Apolitical Club Guide to Elections in Singapore
8 September 2015The SMU Apolitical Club has released “A Guide to General Elections in Singapore”. Not to worry if you haven’t been able to get your hands on this very informative booklet. It’s freely available for download from their website. Excellent work on the part of the students and other members of the SMU community.
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Vote with confidence
8 September 2015
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Forum letter on MDA regulations
4 June 2013Please see below for our letter to the Straits Times forum on the recent changes to the Broadcasting Act by the Media Development Authority.
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Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year
24 December 2011
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Come and celebrate Human Rights Day! – 10 Dec 2011
26 November 2011
Hello MARUAH friends!
December 10th is Human Rights Day and we’d like to invite you to join us in the celebrations!
We have invited Mr Richard Magnus, the Singapore representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). You’ll also get to hear what human rights means to our competition winners from the Human Rights Day Creative Writing and Poem Competition.
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Event report: Public consultation on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
17 October 2011
On 15th October 2011, MARUAH organised a public consultation on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration to provide information on the drafting process, and also to solicit comments from the public on what should be included in the Declaration.
Ms Braema Mathi, president of MARUAH, started the session by providing a historical overview of human rights in ASEAN, beginning with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action in 1993, and culminating with the establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in 2009.
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Human Rights Day 2011 – “What Human Rights means to me?”
4 October 2011A Creative Writing + Poetry Competition
What does Human Rights mean to you?
We are certain each one of us has a story to share. Send it to us in an essay format (not more than 2,000 words) or poetry.
There are 3 categories:
Cat A: 18 to 35 years old
Cat B: 36 to 65 years old
Cat C: 66 years old onwards
Deadline for submission has been extended to 24th November 2011, 1159 hrs.
See link here for the judging criteria.
To participate, please register via this link.
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