Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous) Amendments Bill 2024
On 5 Feb 2024, parliament passed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. The amendments majorly expands police powers, including the introduction of powers to search without warrant, and criminalising the refusal to consent to forensic medical examinations if you are under investigation.
Keep readingWill I Get Caned If…
Caning as a punishment in Singapore is very normalised within our society. We are exposed to it as children in school. We see adults suffer it as the State imposes it as a form of corporal punishment. We can forget how cruel and barbaric this form of punishment truly is. It is an extremely punitive…
Keep readingGetting Caned by the Singaporean State
Judicial caning is a form of torture, a violent action that leaves grown men unconscious at times. The punishment is doled out only to some – men between 18 and 50 – and in some cases, is a mandatory sentence. The aftermaths of caning is brutal, leaving people both physically and mentally scarred for life.…
Keep readingTJC Stands with Subhas
On 5 Sep 2023, Subhas Nair was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail for “attempting to promote ill will between different racial groups”. His sentencing not only has a profound impact on future conversations that Singaporeans will have around race and racism, it is also a solemn reminder of the state’s continued bullying of its…
Keep readingTJFest! Breaking Chains: Towards Gentler Futures
Come join us for the inaugural TJFest!
Keep readingAnti-death penalty activist sues the police for overreach
On 23 September 2022, anti-death penalty activist Rocky Howe filed an application in court to seek, among other things, a declaration that the police had abused its powers in investigating him for participating in a purported ‘illegal procession’.
Keep readingIn acting freely, we are becoming free.
A message from Rocky Howe and Kirsten Han. We stand in solidarity with them!
Keep readingStatement on the Road Traffic Act amendments
TJC opposes the proposed amendments to the Road Traffic Act, which allows for expansion of police powers to stop-and-frisk, and calls for its removal.
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