Southeast Asian Press Alliance
10 Jul 2008
The International Bar Association's (IBA) Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) on 08 July 2008 released a study assailing the Singaporean government on its human rights standards and records, and underscoring the city-state's severe "limitations on the freedoms of expression, assembly, and the press, and of the independence of the judiciary".
The report, titled, "Prosperity Versus Individual Rights? Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Singapore", concludes that "democratic debate and media comment are extremely restricted (in Singapore) and government officials have initiated numerous successful defamation suits against both political and media critics."
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