Today, I came across an interesting statement:

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19

Singapore has always been seen as a good friend of the United Nations, when it comes to economic or environmental issues.

However, when it comes to freedom of expression, it is an entirely different matter. With all the official media outlets owned by government-linked companies, the only place where we can have freedom of speech is on the Internet. Now, it seems as though we will be losing it all, with increased monitoring of Internet blogs and forums by the ruling party. Sigh.

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