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Human Rights Groups support Amos Yee’s asylum bid

Amos Yee is currently being detained in Chicago's McHenry County Jail Teenage blogger Amos Yee, who is currently being detained in Chicago's McHenry County Jail following his asylum bid has officially submitted his application for asylum to an immigration court today (31st Jan). The 18-year-old, represented by his pro-bono...

PM Lee confident of economic renewal while economy paints a bleak picture

In his Lunar New year message, PM Lee Hsien Loong emphasised the renewal of the economy stressing the need to “[renew ourselves [and take] in fresh directions, [open] new markets and fields of business”. While he acknowledged that economic restructuring would be difficult, he asked that Singaporeans show resilience: “…we...

Should the Government be entitled to sue under POHA when it has numerous media resources at its disposal?

Following a landmark 2-1 Court of Appeal ruling that the government is not considered a legal person and is not entitled to use the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA) to sue, several “legal experts” were quoted in a TODAY article as saying that the POHA should be amended to include the Government as a legal person. SMU...