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- Singapore's prosecution and deportation of M'sians normal
- COMMENT At present the republic's laws makes many forms of political expression by both local and foreigners illegal in Singapore.
- Singaporean NGOs demand repeal of ISA
- COMMENT Opposition parties and civil society groups in the city-state join the early online chatter with a chorus of statements.
- 'Challenge Singapore's facade democracy'
Tan Wah Piow, former student activist, says the people must break the "culture of silence" and speak out when something is wrong.
- Re-strategising democracy promotion in China
The different China-related democracy issues need to be integrated through a broad overarching theme and coordinated from closer in Asia.
- Online politicisation: Singapore's source of new activists
- The post 2006 GE participation and exposure to online political expression and real world political activities has given birth to a new pool of civil-political activists in Singapore.
- Civil society used to score political and media points
- Notions of morality and cultural sensitivities will ultimately prevent Singaporean civil society from taking full advantage of new freedom of speech rights.
- Democracy in Spore a difficult exercise
- Many claim that civil society, rather than electoral politics, will be the site for democratic growth in the city state. It's time to reassess the claim.