Tag: Singapore

The city-state tightly controls public assembly, the media and free speech

Controversial group was at center of initial COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea

Vast majority of Singapore's nearly 57,000 cases are from cramped dormitories that house more than 300,000 mostly South Asian workers

The Singapore Archdiocese announced on May 6 that it will not solemnize weddings online, or via video link, even as the government allowed it under a new legislation.

‘Govts legitimizing tools of oppression as tools of public health,’ digital rights expert says

Church stresses 'responsibility to the faithful'

Sand mining has been blamed by scientists for damaging sensitive ecosystems around the world, accelerating coastal and riverine erosion

Rights group says targeting of news portal ‘is the latest proof that law is ‘simply a tool for censorship’

The Life Church and Missions is cooperating with authorities in tracing churchgoers so they can be screened for the virus

Rights groups have warned the law could undermine internet freedoms, not just in Singapore, but elsewhere in Southeast Asia