PAP’s overwhelming dominance makes civil rights advocacy challenging, says Jolovan Wham
On 10 May 2023, The Online Citizen, a regional online publication based in Taiwan, reported on Asia Centre’s recent podcast episode featuring Jolovan Wham, social worker and activist who works on issues concerning migrant workers, the death penalty, and civil and political rights in Singapore. For this episode, he discusses the impacts and developments of Singapore’s Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act (FICA) and the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) and how its affecting advocacy works within the country’s civic space.