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Articles:
Mass assembly the right of Singaporeans: CSJ
25 July 2003
Below are excerpts of the keynote address Dr Chee Soon Juan gave at the recently held International Youth Conference for Democracy organised by the Young Democrats of the SDP.
Chee Soon Juan's closing submissions for trial of May Day Rally 2002
06 October 2002
Below are excerpts of Dr Chee Soon Juan closing submissions which he made at the conclusion of his trial. He is charged for wilfull trespass and speaking with a permit when he tried to hold a rally on Labour Day (May 1, 2002) outside the Istana.
CSJ's submissions in the tudung trial
29 July 2002
Dr Chee Soon Juan made his closing submissions at the end of his trial over the tudung issue. Below are excerpts of his argument:
Singapore: Asia's gilded cage
17 April 2002
Few States fly as far under the international community's human rights radar as Singapore. A prosperous, in many ways Western-style nation, Singapore is barely mentioned at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Occasional references to conscientious objection to military service and the death penalty aside, the Singaporean delegation sit smugly while their Asian neighbours face a barrage of NGO, and often State, criticism.
The puzzle that never was
29 January 2001
Singapore society confounds the theory that wealth leads to an opening up of society. The Lion City is an affluent society unable, some say unwilling, to break out of its authoritarian mode. Therein lies the puzzle that the Singapore is.
Free speech—Singapore-style
20 June 2000
By August 2000 Singapore is to have a speakers' corner! Is this a chance for Singaporeans to experience free speech? It hardly seems likely, given that the city-state has been ruled for the last 40 years by a single party using police state methods to quash political opposition.
