A History of Human Rights Society in Singapore

Singapore's tough stance on human rights, however, does not negate the long and persistent existence of a human rights society that exists almost unknown to the world. The focus of this book is on independent activists and writers, documenting this tradition in Singapore society that has a legacy of defending universal values of individual human rights. It uncovers their discourses, main contentions, campaigns, survival strategies, prominent activists and their untold stories during Singapore's first 50 years of independence.

Jiyoung Song is Director of Migration and Border Protection at the Lowy Institute in Sydney and joins the Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne in July 2017.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgement Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Tracing the History of the Anti-Death Penalty Movements in Singapore Chapter 2 Inhuman Punishment and Human Rights Activism in the Little Red Dot Chapter 3 Singapore's Press for Freedom: Between Media Regulation and Activism Chapter 4 Activism on Arbitrary Detention, the Suspension of Law Chapter 5 Socio-Economic Rights Activism in Singapore Chapter 6 Shifting boundaries: state-society relations and activism on migrant worker rights in Singapore Chapter 7 Against a Teleological Reading of the Advancement of Women's Rights in Singapore Chapter 8 LGBTQ Activism in Singapore Chapter 9 Navigating Through the 'Rules' of Civil Society: In search of disability rights in Singapore Index