Singapore has garnered unwanted international attention again. The UN Human Rights - Asia Facebook called on the Singapore Government to safeguard freedom of expression in the country following human rights activist Jolovan Wham's conviction.
It saw the conviction as an unnecessary response to a video call which Wham had with Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong.
"We are concerned that this is yet another conviction which targets the legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly in Singapore, and we urge the Government to reverse its tightening of civic space...
We are alarmed that expressing an opinion about Singapore’s judiciary can be considered a criminal offence."
It suggested for Singapore to amend its Public Order Act so as to create an environment that does not deprive its citizens of basic human rights.
Hooray for getting international spotlight again, but Singaporeans will all know that the Government will never do anything to amend its law just because someone said so. Singaporeans are eventually going back to square one and having to deal with a Big Brother who cannot stop controlling us.
Human rights? Yeah right. Fat hope.
