Frontline Defender issues urgent appeal for Human rights defender Jolovan Wham
On 29 November 2017, Jolovan Wham was charged for seven offences by the Attorney-General’s Chambers in Singapore in an open hearing. The charges include three counts of organising a public assembly without a police permit and one count of vandalism. Jolovan Wham is a human rights defender and advocate for migrant workers’...
Veteran Singapore social worker charged with public order offenses
Jolovan Whan (Photo: Redwire SG) Veteran Singapore human rights defender, Jolovan Wham, was today detained by the Singapore police. The prominent social worker, educated at Singapore’s National University, was the founding Executive Director of HOME, a Singaporean NGO dealing with low-waged migrant labour issues. Wham attended...
Will Singaporeans be over taxed?
As increasing or lowering taxes are politically significant decisions, I expected to see some consideration of the PAP's leadership transition with respect to the timing of an increase in taxes in this Straits Times piece. Raising taxes before a new PAP Prime Minister takes office would allow the new leader to start on a relatively...
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