SINGAPORE, Monday 19 July 2010 (AFP) - A human rights lawyer on Monday said he was urgently seeking access to a British writer arrested in Singapore after launching a book on executions and the justice system in the city-state.Alan Shadrake, a 75-year-old freelance journalist, is suffering from medical problems, said his lawyer M. Ravi, who sent a request to the police hours after the writer's arrest on Sunday on defamation and contempt of court charges.
"They have not called my office, and they have not responded to my fax," the Singaporean lawyer said. "They need to allow me access to him." Full Story
