Blogging in Burma

Image source: lanka-msma.blogspot.com The Australian reports today that Nay Phone Latt, arrested in January of this year in a round up of activists following the September 2007 protests against the Burmese military junta, has been jailed for 20 years on account of his blogging activities. This draconian sentence is a clear indication of the lengths [...]

The prospect of civil society in Singapore

Illegal protest, IMF Meeting, Singapore, September 2006 Image source: t3htarik There is an excellent piece in the October edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review – recently banned (again) by the Singapore government — by Australian academic and Singapore watcher, Garry Rodan. Among other things, the article (pasted below in the event the link is [...]

No politics please, we’re Singaporean

Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Image source: Channel NewsAsia In the so-called knowledge economy, where the source of international competitive advantage is creativity of thought fuelled by the free exchange of ideas, the PAP Government in Singapore seems intent on remaining firmly ensconced in the 20th century. The latest public pronouncement on freedom of speech might easily [...]