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  • Silent Sit-In Protest Against The Reserved Presidential Election Organised For The Upcoming Saturday

    Silent Sit-In Protest Against The Reserved Presidential Election Organised For The Upcoming Saturday

    Dear Fellow Singaporeans,

    We have just received the NParks permit to stage a first-ever Silent Sit-in Protest against the Reserved Presidential Election this coming Saturday 16th Sep from 4.30 to 6.30pm.

    Its a sit-in protest meaning that we won’t have any speakers for the event with no stage and no microphone speaker system. You can however bring along your placards to show your displeasure with the incoming government-appointed Presidency.

    If you feel dissatisfied with the recent events surrounding the controversial PE, this is the time to show up and be counted. You can continue to be a keyboard warrior quietly firing away online but the time to step up is NOW!

    Fear has crippled you all this while you are burnt up inside and its time to unlease that frustration by showing up with like-minded Singaporeans together as ONE voice.

    People dropping by are encouraged to bring a mat and sit down silently on the park as a sign of protest against the PE. You can drop by anytime between 4.30 to 6.30pm or leave anytime of course. If you can join us for the sit-in silent protest for the whole 2 hours it will be great!

    If you are bringing food and water along do be mindful not to litter the place.

    Do wear black so we are united as ONE heart and people regardless of race and religion.

    See you soon Singaporeans – Malays, Indians, Chinese and Eurasians are all welcomed!

    Gilbert Goh
    Organiser
    #notmypresident

     

     

    Source: facebook

  • SDP Wants Public To Accept Apology From CPF Protesters

    SDP Wants Public To Accept Apology From CPF Protesters

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    Roy has asked to meet with the children and parents to apologise to them. This is the right thing to do.

    I met Roy several weeks ago. He is a thoughtful individual and no one should believe that he intentionally targeted his or the group’s actions at the children who were performing that afternoon.

    It is important, nevertheless, that both he and Hui Hui offer an apology to the children.

    The danger is that those who are angered by the episode but who, otherwise, would support the Return Our CPF campaign, unwittingly reinforce a culture intolerant of mistakes.

    Throwing labels like “immature”, “inexcusable”, “attention seekers” at the protesters is unhelpful. For even the most experienced activists spend a lifetime making errors and learning from them. Gandhi, himself not immune to mistakes, acknowledged: “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

    In this vein, let us re-affirm our faith in Roy and Hui Hui as well as in ourselves, who, with all our imperfections and weaknesses, continue to learn and grow in our journey to make our Republic a better place.

    Authored by: Chee Soon Juan

  • Police Investigates Palestine Flag in HDB

    Photo Gulam Yusuf
    Photo Gulam Yusuf

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    Sad that police can come over to stop someone who’s trying to raise awareness on mass killings happening in GAZA.
    Trying to stop something that is the responsibility of all mankind to do. But it’s ok for police to grant permits for GAY TO HAVE RALLY ON GAY RIGHTS SOMETHING THAT IS already not permitted in Singapore. An offense under the penal code.
    Ok to have gay protest but wrong to voice out that killing of innocence woman and children is wrong.

     Authored by Gulam Yusuf

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  • NUS Law Prof Lynette Chua Launch Book Called Mobilizing Gay Singapore

    Credit: http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/
    Credit: http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/

    SINGAPORE — What are the legal restrictions and political norms that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community? How did they organise themselves and engage the state, eventually organising the first public gay rally, Pink Dot, in 2009?

    These are the themes examined in a new book by law professor Lynette Chua from the National University of Singapore (NUS) on the LGBT movement. Launched yesterday, the 168-page volume was based on in-depth interviews with gay activists here and government statements and media reports on the issue. Called Mobilizing Gay Singapore, it looks at the LGBT movement’s emergence, development and strategies, and how the roles of law and rights play out in the process.

    Speaking to TODAY at the book launch at the NUS Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law, Associate Professor Chua said the book is aimed at trying to understand the social-legal history of the movement. The book, she said, could have a reflective impact on activists regarding their roles and could be informative for those who are not knowledgeable about the movement. The book was written in her personal capacity as a social-legal scholar and does not represent NUS’ views, she said.

    During the panel discussion at the launch with Assoc Prof Chua, NUS law professor Michael Hor and NUS Department of Sociology Assoc Prof Daniel Goh, an audience member asked how local political parties could take a stronger stand on the LGBT movement.

    In response, Assoc Prof Goh said political parties have to be pragmatic to remain in the game and cannot be the vanguard of a movement that is about minority rights.

    Added Assoc Prof Chua: “Like it or not, many of the activists believe the desire for a state of equal rights for LGBT or legal reform will not come from the opposition party … The Opposition is simply too weak just trying to get a foothold in local politics.”

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    Source: TODAY, singaporelawwatch.sg