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January 2nd, 2009 It’s too easy to recall the bad news that 2008 brought us, so to wrap up the year JOURNALISM.SG is remembering some of the good things that happened in Singapore journalism last…

by KEVIN BOYLE & CHERIAN GEORGE December 10th, 2008 This article, marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, appeared in The Straits Times and Malaysiakini today. Debates over freedom of expression…

by GARRY RODAN December 8th, 2008 Far Eastern Economic Review – For Singapore, 2008 has been a bumper year for legal actions and decisions against the international media and political opponents of the ruling People’s…

November 27th, 2008 From WSJ Law Blog: In a case brought by the city-state’s attorney general, Singapore’s high court found the publisher of the Wall Street Journal’s asian edition and two of its editors in…

by CHERIAN GEORGE November 24th, 2008 December 10th marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (See Singapore’s commemorative events organised by U60 here.) Below is the text of a keynote lecture…

by REUTERS October 5th, 2008 About 60 people gathered at a park in central Singapore on Sunday to protest against a university’s decision to censor news stories in the school media related to a prominent…

by LEONG WEE KEAT September 24th, 2008 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have won a defamation suit against the Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) and the publication’s editor Hugo…

September 24th, 2008 A group of bloggers that includes civil servants has argued that government employees should be given more freedom to voice their personal views on public policies. “These invaluable personal perspectives would sometimes…

by THE STRAITS TIMES August 22nd, 2008 ONLINE political discourse will benefit from a significant if measured relaxation of rules governing such content, as flagged by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The move is as…