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OHCHR the national report from the State under review information in the reports of independent human rights experts and groups – known as the Special Procedures – human rights treaty bodies, and other UN entities information provided by other stakeholders including national human rights institutions, regional organizations and civil society groups The three reports serving as the basis for the review of Singapore on 12 May can be found here. Location: Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations, Ge...

Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review GENEVA (7 May 2021) – Singapores human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Councils Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 12 May 2021, in a meeting that will be webcast live. Singapore is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session taking place from 3 to 14 May*. Singapores first and second UPR reviews took pl...

PETALING JAYA: Fourteen members of the Nicky Gang will spend the next two weeks in jail until their case is transferred to the High Court.Their bail was denied by the Sessions Court here. The suspects were among 16 members of the gang who were earlier charged in the same court for involvement in organised crime, which carries a prison sentence of not less than five years and not more than 20 years in jail, if found guilty. The gang’s alleged leader, Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee, and his per...

Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay (pic) said they were charged for money laundering activities for the benefit of the gang. He added that the gang’s alleged leader, Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee, was charged under Section 130V of the Penal Code together with his personal assistant, who is also believed to be a gang member. “Nicky and his assistant, a female Chinese national named Niu Zhe, were charged with being members of an organised criminal group," Comm Ayob Khan s...

Users affected by the breach had participated in events organised by e2i or used its services between November 2018 and 12 March 2021, including job fairs, employability workshops or career coaching. Their personal data were shared with appointed vendors for "relevant employability services purposes", the institute said.  E2i did not elaborate on why it took more than three weeks to announce the breach, but said in its statement Monday that it had "taken time" to make an impact assessment giv...

Although Singapores longest-serving ambassador to the U.S. Chan Heng Chee acknowledged that minorities in Singapore experienced racism, she believes that the "Chinese privilege" term is not as appropriate in the local context, given its history. Chan, Ambassador-at-Large and Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in the Singapore University of Technology and Design weighed in with her thoughts on the matter during a panel discussion organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (...

One of the most prominent scholars on China and East Asia, Ezra F. Vogel, has passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday (Dec. 20) from complications after surgery. Harvard Universitys Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, where Vogel served as director, posted a tribute to him, saying he was "a true champion" of the center, "an erudite scholar, and a wonderful friend". It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our former director Ezra F. Vogel (1930-2020). Professor Vogel served as d...