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Public Forum on ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism |
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 00:12 |
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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.
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