Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Proposed law on contempt of court threatens press freedom in S’pore

Singaporean lawmakers should scrap proposed legislation on what constitutes contempt of court in news reporting and public commentary, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today. The draft law’s penalties for violations, including possible prison terms for criticising the judiciary, threaten to entrench more self-censorship in Singapore’s constrained media environment.

10y ago

CPJ decries harassment against Zunar

In an escalating campaign of harassment, Malaysian authorities seized copies of a new volume of political cartoons by Zunar, his real name Zulkiflee Awar Ulhaque, on Saturday, according to news reports. In the past three weeks, police have confiscated three separate volumes of Zunar's cartoons and detained him for four days on accusations of sedition in connection with critical posts he wrote on social media.

11y ago