Singapore yesterday angrily accused Washington of "double standards" on human rights after a US State Department annual report criticised the city-state's tough internal-security laws.
The US report said Singapore's continued use of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for detention without trial, gave the government "broad powers" to curtail citizens' rights.
The ISA provides the government "with the power to limit, on vaguely defined national security grounds, the scope of certain fundamental liberties that otherwise are provided for in the constitution", according to the US report. Full story
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