Anti-death penalty activists Jolovan Wham and Elijah Tay have been charged with 19 offences under Singapore’s Public Order Act and Penal Code over organising vigils and Palestine solidarity actions. Susan Price reports.
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In his six-part oral history series with Pintjin (PJ) Thum, Dr Poh Soo Kai — a former student activist and political prisoner detained for nearly 17 years without trial — reveals how Singapore’s history is an ongoing site of ideological contestation, writes Ilyas Muzaffar.
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Three pro-Palestine activists in Singapore have been found guilty under the Public Order Act and fined, after the High Court upheld an appeal on April 30, overturning their earlier acquittal, reports Susan Price.
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Death penalty abolitionist and social justice activist Kokila Annamalai Parvathi was charged over her refusal two-and-a-half years ago to comply with a government censorship order, reports Susan Price.
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Singapore delivery driver Gavin Neo worked himself to death in 2025, writes Ilyas Muzaffar. Since then, labour and climate activists have joined forces to call on workers to take back their lives.
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Three activists from Singapore’s Letters for Palestine campaign — Mossammad Sobikun Nahar (Sobi), Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori (Camira) and Annamalai Kokila Parvathi (Koki) — were acquitted on October 21 of violating the nefarious 2009 Public Order Act (POA), reports Alex Salmon.
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The latest Green Left Show features Merck Maguddayao (Philippines), Suraendher Kumarr (Singapore), Gandipan Nantha Gopalan (Malaysia) and Jacob Andrewartha (Australia) in a round table discussion about imperialism in the Asia-Pacific, democracy and socialism.
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The trial of three activists from Singaporean activist group Letters for Palestine entered its sixth and final day, reports Alex Salmon.
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Singapore’s People’s Action Party, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple opposition parties and maintain its supermajority in the lead up to the general election, report Mark Tan and Alex Salmon.
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The Singaporean government is launching criminal investigations targeting activists from the Transformative Justice Collective, an anti-death penalty and social justice group, for posts made on social media. Isaac Nellist reports.
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The Transformative Justice Collective, a social justice and anti-death penalty group based in Singapore, announced that it had been forced by the government to shut down its website and social media accounts, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States election and the repression and censorship of activists in Singapore.