List of Singaporean dissidents
This is a list of Singaporean political dissidents since 1959.
Detained by Operation Coldstore (1963) and Spectrum (1987)
- Chia Thye Poh,[1] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Lim Chin Siong,[2] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Said Zahari,[3] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Fong Swee Suan,[4] Operation Coldstore detainee
- James Puthucheary,[5] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Lim Hock Siew,[6] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Linda Chen,[7] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Poh Soo Kai,[8] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Sandrasegaran Woodhull,[9] Operation Coldstore detainee
- Tan Wah Piow,[10] alleged Operation Spectrum mastermind
- Tang Fong Har,[11] Operation Spectrum detainee
- Vincent Cheng Kim Chuan,[12] Operation Spectrum detainee
Other dissidents
- J. B. Jeyaretnam[13]
- Lee Siew Choh[14]
- Tang Liang Hong[15]
- Francis Seow[16]
- Chee Soon Juan[17]
- Martyn See[18]
- M Ravi[19]
- Kirsten Han[20]
- Thum Ping Tjin[21]
- Alex Tan[22]
- Roy Ngerng[23]
- Jolovan Wham[24]
- Han Hui Hui[25]
- Charles Yeo[26]
- Amos Yee[27]
See also
References
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- ^ Foon, Ho Wah (12 April 2016). "Ex-top editor, ISA detainee Said Zahari dies". The Star. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Ex-trade unionist, Barisan Socialis leader Fong Swee Suan, 85, dies". Yahoo News. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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- ^ "Honouring ex-ISA detainee Dr Lim Hock Siew". Yahoo News. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Ex-political detainee Poh Soo Kai tells his story in memoir". 13 March 2016 – via The Straits Times.
- ^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19630203-1.2.2
- ^ Ho, Grace (26 September 2019). "New Naratif co-founder Kirsten Han responds to Shanmugam's remarks on foreign interference". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-singapore-lee-dissidents-idAFKBN0MN1M620150327/
- ^ "Amnesty International Report 1994 - Singapore". Refworld.
- ^ Mydans, Seth (3 October 2008). "J. B. Jeyaretnam, Persistent Opposition Figure in Singapore, Is Dead at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Think Centre Singapore". www.thinkcentre.org. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ https://www.amnesty.org/ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa360031997en.pdf
- ^ Gomez, James (1996). "Book Review: To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison". Human Rights Quarterly. 18 (2). Project MUSE: 507–510. doi:10.1353/hrq.1996.0017. S2CID 144587847. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Tisdall, Simon (14 April 2006). "Singapore's 'fear factor' fails to silence dissident". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Police investigation of filmmaker intensifies; SEAPA urges authorities to end probe and repeal Films Act". IFEX. 26 September 2005.
- ^ "AGC drops criminal defamation charge against lawyer M. Ravi, issues conditional warning". 3 March 2021 – via The Straits Times.
- ^ "New Naratif co-founder Kirsten Han responds to Shanmugam's remarks on foreign interference". 26 September 2019 – via The Straits Times.
- ^ "Police seize Thum Ping Tjin's mobile devices, probe New Naratif over alleged paid ads published during GE2020". Yahoo News. 18 September 2020.
- ^ Gramenz, Jack (2 December 2019). "Australian based Singaporean dissident refuses to take down post government wanted deleted". news.com.au. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Kwan, Rhoda (11 June 2021). "Taiwan's opposition party apologises for tweet calling Singaporean dissident an 'extreme white supremacist'". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Singapore: Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Human Rights Defender Jolovan Wham". Human Rights Watch. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Singapore Blogger Bends Under Threat of Huge Fine, Jail Term". www.asiasentinel.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Chelvan, Vanessa Paige. "Lawyer Charles Yeo seeking 'political asylum' in the UK". Archived from the original on 2 August 2022.
- ^ Karimi, Faith (25 March 2017). "Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee granted US asylum". CNN. Retrieved 7 August 2021.