Singapore: Hocus Pocus Hides Rights Abuses

Reuters Alertnet, 25 Jan 2011Singapore's stated goal of updating its political system in time for the 2011 elections should include revamping laws, policies, and practices that fail to comply with international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2011.In Singapore, during 2010, the government restricted freedom of expression, association, and