Articles by Editor

August 17th, 2010 The controversial handcuffing of a press photographer who was shooting the recent floods was not intended to censor the media, the Government has said. “In this particular case, the issue was not…

by CHERIAN GEORGE August 8th, 2010 Text of a speech given in Jakarta on Wednesday 4 August at a seminar on new media organised by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, AJI), Indonesia’s…

by BHAVAN JAIPRAGAS July 16th, 2010 The People’s Action Party’s official organ Petir garnered two awards at this year’s Magnum Opus awards. In its seventh year, the Magnum Opus award recognises writers, editors, designers, and…

by BHAVAN JAIPRAGAS May 10th, 2010 The Straits Times Forum editor Yap Koon Hong has told opposition politician Chee Soon Juan that he would be denied space in the Forum pages until he withdrew his…

April 29th, 2010 At the end of his eight-day visit to Singapore, United Nations official Githu Muigai criticised the Republic’s limits on free speech. “It is absolutely necessary in a free society that restrictions on…

April 29th, 2010 The government has denied allegations that Al Jazeera International was removed from Singapore screens because of the news channel’s critical reports on Singapore. Replying to a question in Parliament, Acting Minister for…

April 28th, 2010 Nominated MP Viswa Sadasivan, who used to cover elections for Singapore’s national broadcaster in his first career as a current affairs television producer, said in Parliament that the “cooling off” period should…

April 23rd, 2010 Singaporeans For Democracy has told the visiting UN Special Rapporteur on Racism that the situation here is less harmonious than the government makes it out to be. The group, spearheaded by activist…