SG Human Rights

A public forum to inform Singaporeans of the ASEAN human rights mechanism was held on 23rd September earlier this year. The meeting which took place at Allson Hotel saw a crowd of about 90 people, well over initial estimates.

The panel of six speakers featured forum chair and gay activist Mr Alex Au, lawyer and veteran politician Mr J B Jeyaretnam, human rights lawyer Mr M Ravi, social worker Mr Jolovan Wham, independent arts researcher Mr Isrizal and SDP secretary-general Dr Chee Soon Juan. They spoke variously of human rights issues in Singapore and the need to establish a national working group and commission to tackle them.

For detailed reports, please see The Online Citizen and the SDP websites.