List of Singaporean dissidents

List of Singaporean dissidents

This is a list of Singaporean political dissidents.

*Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
*Chee Soon Juan
*Vincent Cheng
*Chia Thye Poh
*Francis Seow
*Tan Wah Piow
*Tang Liang Hong
*Teo Soh Lung
*Wong Hong Toy

ee also

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

External links

* [http://hrw.org/doc/?t=asia&c=singap Human Rights Watch: Info by country: Singapore]
* [http://www.hrw.org/reports/1989/WR89/Singapor.htm Overview of Human Rights Developments 1989]
* [http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/160/ IFEX: Censorship in Singapore]


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