Kokila Annamalai, the first activist in Singapore to defy its ‘stifling’ online speech laws
The activist risks jail after refusing to ‘correct’ online posts criticising Singapore’s death penalty and drug laws, a first in the city state under its ‘Pofma’ act
Kokila Annamalai, a prominent Singaporean activist, has spent years supporting death row inmates and their families as they fight to avoid execution. So, when she was ordered by the government to share a “correction” on social media that countered criticisms she had made of Singapore’s laws, and accused death row inmates of “abusing” the justice system, she felt compelled to take a stand.
“Death row prisoners are one of the most voiceless and powerless people in our society, and the courts are such a powerful institution,” she says.
Continue reading...
Read more at The Guardian
-
Anti-abortion activists set up outside clinic ‘safe zones’ on first day of new law in England
World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Son of Singapore’s First Prime Minister Says He Is Granted Asylum in the U.K.
World - The New York Times - October 23 -
Singapore Airlines will add first class, revamp cabins for longest flights
Business - CNBC - Yesterday -
Activists challenge colonial-era abortion laws in Antigua and Barbuda
World - ABC News - October 23 -
Singapore's affluent veneer hides repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder
World - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Eagles defying NFL history with first-quarter ineptitude; only team scoreless in first 15 minutes this season
Sports - CBS Sports - October 28 -
‘I can’t stop now’: Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile
World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
When does free speech cross the line into breaking U.S. anti-terrorism laws?
Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago
More from The Guardian
-
US election 2024 live: Donald Trump says ‘we made history’ as he closes in on victory with win in Pennsylvania
World - The Guardian - 8 minutes ago -
US election results 2024 live: Donald Trump edges close to victory over Kamala Harris
World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago -
US Senate, House and governor elections 2024: results from all 50 states as Republicans win Senate
World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago -
Promise and excitement turn to jitters and dread at Kamala Harris’s watch party
World - The Guardian - 1 hour ago -
Republicans retake control of US Senate after Democrats lose majority
World - The Guardian - 34 minutes ago
Latest in World
-
US election 2024 live: Donald Trump says ‘we made history’ as he closes in on victory with win in Pennsylvania
World - The Guardian - 8 minutes ago -
Middle East crisis live: protests in Israel after Netanyahu fires defence minister Gallant
World - The Guardian - 9 minutes ago -
Dollar soars as markets bet that Trump has won US election
World - The Guardian - 27 minutes ago -
Republicans retake control of US Senate after Democrats lose majority
World - The Guardian - 34 minutes ago -
The thought of a Trump presidency is eating me alive | Francine Prose
World - The Guardian - 35 minutes ago