List of Singaporean dissidents explained

This is a list of Singaporean political dissidents.

• J. B. Jeyaretnam^[1]
• Chee Soon Juan^[2]
• Chia Thye Poh^[3]
• Francis Seow^[4]
• Tan Wah Piow^[5]
• Amos Yee^[6]
• Alex Tan^[7]
• Roy Ngerng^[8]
• Jolovan Wham^[9]
• Han Hui Hui^[10]
• Charles Yeo^[11]

See also

• Internal Security Act
• List of Singaporeans
• Human rights in Singapore

External links

• Human Rights Watch: Info by country: Singapore
• Overview of Human Rights Developments 1989
• IFEX: Censorship in Singapore

Notes and References

1. News: Mydans . Seth . J. B. Jeyaretnam, Persistent Opposition Figure in Singapore, Is Dead at 82 . 7 August 2021 . The New York Times . 3 October 2008.
2. News: Tisdall . Simon . Singapore's 'fear factor' fails to silence dissident . 7 August 2021 . The Guardian . 14 April 2006.
3. News: Yan Liang . Lim . Political activists, opposition politicians nominate former political detainee Chia Thye Poh for Nobel Peace Prize . 7 August 2021 . The Straits Times . 3 October 2015.
4. Gomez. James. 1996. Book Review: To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison. live. Human Rights Quarterly. Project MUSE. 18. 2. 507–510. 10.1353/hrq.1996.0017. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203200615/http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=%2Fjournals%2Fhuman_rights_quarterly%2Fv018%2F18.2br_seow.html. 2014-02-03. 2014-02-01. 144587847.
5. Web site: hermesauto. 2019-09-26. New Naratif co-founder Kirsten Han responds to Shanmugam's remarks on foreign interference. 2021-09-07. The Straits Times. en.
6. News: Karimi . Faith . Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee granted US asylum . 7 August 2021 . CNN . 25 March 2017.
7. News: Gramenz . Jack . Australian based Singaporean dissident refuses to take down post government wanted deleted . 7 August 2021 . news.com.au . 2 December 2019.
8. News: Kwan . Rhoda . Taiwan's opposition party apologises for tweet calling Singaporean dissident an 'extreme white supremacist' . 7 August 2021 . Hong Kong Free Press . 11 June 2021.
9. Web site: 2019-02-22. Singapore: Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Human Rights Defender Jolovan Wham. 2021-09-07. Human Rights Watch. en.
10. Web site: Correspondent. Our. Singapore Blogger Bends Under Threat of Huge Fine, Jail Term. 2021-09-07. www.asiasentinel.com.
11. News: Chelvan. Vanessa Paige. Lawyer Charles Yeo seeking 'political asylum' in the UK. https://web.archive.org/web/20220802010504/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/charles-yeo-political-asylum-uk-reform-party-2849466 . 2 August 2022 .