The rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were further curtailed, including via the use of a “fake news” law.

The Government of Singapore has set the executions of Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, a 56-year-old Singaporean Malay man convicted of trafficking approximately 50g of diamorphine (heroin); and Saridewi binte Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean woman convicted of trafficking approximately 30g of diamorphine...

The Singapore government continues to silence human rights defenders and other critics ahead of upcoming elections, Amnesty International said today. In recent months, well-known activists and critics of the government have been subjected to further investigation and harassment by Singapore...

7 human rights organizations urgently call on the Singaporean authorities to drop their criminal investigations of human rights defenders Kirsten Han and Rocky Howe and cease harassing them through legal processes for their work.

Following a recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in Singapore, Amnesty International, ILGA Asia, the International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch call on the Singapore Parliament to repeal Section 377A and uphold the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and...

Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who is on death row in Singapore, has few chances left.  Over the last few months, the fate of the 34-year-old Malaysian, who is set to be executed by hanging for drug-related offenses, has captured international attention. From experts at the United Nations to British...

Today, eleven undersigned organizations called on the Government of Singapore to withdraw the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill (‘FICA’). FICA’s provisions contravene international legal and human rights principles – including the rights to freedom of expression, association,...

This oral statement to the 48th session of the Human Rights Council reflects on the outcome of Singapore’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review. It expresses concern at the low number of recommendations accepted on key human rights issues, particularly in relation to the death penalty, freedom of...

This compilation of recommendations are made to seven of the states under review in the 38th session of the UN Universal Periodic Review (Belgium, Denmark, Mozambique, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Singapore and Somalia) and address key human rights concerns in each country.

Singapore police have summoned PJ Thum, New Naratif’s Founder and Managing Director, for another round of questioning on March 5, 2021. According to Thum, the police have declined to return his laptop and phone, which were seized on September 18, 2020, until the conclusion of the ongoing...

Amnesty International calls on the Singapore government to cease its attacks on those calling for an end to discrimination against LGBTI students in the country. On 26 January, Singapore authorities arrested three protesters for participating in a demonstration held outside the Ministry of...

Amnesty International calls on the Singapore government to immediately drop its absurd case against human rights defender Jolovan Wham who is facing two charges of “illegal assembly” for posing on his own for a photo with a placard of a smiley face. Wham has persistently been targeted by the...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Singapore taking place in May 2021. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations accepted by Singapore in its previous UPR and assesses the national human rights framework. Amnesty International...