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Jacob George
I was formerly with the local political non-governmental organisation (NGO) Think Centre, where I was Deputy Executive Secretary, editor of the Centre's website, public affairs head, managed and organised activities and ran the day-to-day affairs of the Centre. On many occasions, I've also helped Singapore's political opposition parties, namely Workers Party & Singapore Democrats, during and after my Think Centre days. I was also involved in the Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign for a period of time. During the course of my activism (all of which was voluntary work) I have worked with and/or known, assisted a remarkable number of individuals: James Gomez, J B Jeyaretnam, Chee Soon Juan, Chee Siok Chin, just to name a few of the prominent names. I've been M.I.A for a very long time but I still maintain contact and occasionally do attend and/or help out. Political activism, especially in a repressive political climate in Singapore, takes ALOT out of you mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.
April 29, 2008
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The Singapore police have arrested Gopalan Nair aka Singapore Dissident,Police arrest former Singaporean for insulting public servantBy Bhagman Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 01 June 2008 0021 hrsSINGAPORE: Police have arrested a former Singaporean for the offence of "threatening, abusing or insulting a public servant".In response to media queries, police confirmed that …
I've heard it said somewhere that in Singapore, there are no journalists, only propagandists.And Chua Lee Hoong, the political editor of the pro-govt newspaper, Straits Times, takes the cake for being one. She was also an officer for 9 years in Singapore's Internal Security Department. The way she has been writing makes one wonder whether she ever left.Her recent article on …
The first part of this post is from the facebook event page for World Day Against the Death Penalty (Singapore): Forum & campaign to save the life of Yong Vui Kong. Followed by a synopsis from a book published in 2005 titled Hung at Dawn by M. Ravi. Lastly, a news article from 2005.Forum speakersM. ...
This is a new book by Alan Shadrake. The author’s name sounded very familiar but before i go into that here’s information about the book, Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock ISBN: 9789675832000 Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development Center Over the past few decades, investigative journalism has come to mean the ...
I was invited for this event, which was billed as a private event, but i couldn't make it. But i was getting updates during the screening as to what was happening. :-)Its a good thing there's technology and the internet. If not, we would have had to depend on our local press, which is so famously biased. Watching these actions by Singapore's government officials, trying to …
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At last, the new normal gives way to the old abnormal – Martyn See Police investigate technology-enabled ISA discussions, James Gomez, 14 Oct 2011 The Singapore Police Force on Wednesday 12 October 2011 launched investigations into two separate events that discussed issues surrounding the need to abolish ISA in the city-state. According to replies given … Continue …
“The Death Penalty Has No Dissuasive Effect” By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Oct 10, 2011 (IPS) – Capital punishment continues to exist because in some countries people are barraged with propaganda depicting it as a curb on crime, which it is not, said Federico Mayor Zaragoza, chair of an international commission against the death penalty that … Continue …
Call to abolish Singapore’s notorious Internal Security Act. It is too long overdue. (Source: Teo Soh Lung facebook page) Below is a statement calling for the abolition of the ISA by … 
Dr Lim Hock Siew‘s speech during a memorial gathering in honor of Tan Jing Quee on 20th August 2011. [original link] [original link] [original link]
“I welcome Alan Shadrake’s release. It is regrettable that Mr Shadrake served time in jail for expressing his personal views on the Singaporean legal system. The British Government c …
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