http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/20851/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1127266/1/.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/opinion/21iht-edletters21.html
(Wyatt)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Change Over Time
Since Singapore's indipenderce, it has tightened its grip every year and kept strict regulations despite international pleas
Location
This issue is occurring in Singapore, and Malaysia. Singapore is an island located in Southeast Asia just south of the Malay peninsula. The granite core of the island is surrounded by lower marshy land, and there is one season year round. The coasts are filled with skyscrapers and the center is filled with neighborhoods.
The Future of the Laws
How will this issue affect the region in the future?:
Foreign governments have weakened ties with the government when Singapore imposes their heinous punishments upon their citizens.
What is being done to prepare for the impacts of this topic in the future?:
As Singapore is an extremely developed country, their citizens are well educated, meaning that they know what is being limited to them (sort of the like the bringing of Satellite T.V. to the Soviet Union) and they could protest. However, no protests have been announced, or being planned (for now).
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10/21/ex-football-player-faces-caning-singapore/
An American faces caning in Singapore.
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110508-0000020/Spore-praised-for-progress-in-human-rights
Progress is being made in Singapore to improve human rights.
by Wyatt
Foreign governments have weakened ties with the government when Singapore imposes their heinous punishments upon their citizens.
What is being done to prepare for the impacts of this topic in the future?:
As Singapore is an extremely developed country, their citizens are well educated, meaning that they know what is being limited to them (sort of the like the bringing of Satellite T.V. to the Soviet Union) and they could protest. However, no protests have been announced, or being planned (for now).
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10/21/ex-football-player-faces-caning-singapore/
An American faces caning in Singapore.
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110508-0000020/Spore-praised-for-progress-in-human-rights
Progress is being made in Singapore to improve human rights.
by Wyatt
The Big Picture
Human Geography affects civil rights in Singapore by creating a sense of freedom from the growth of the economy that with growth comes change, in order for the government to maintain control the enforce strict rules and punishments for criminals.
Our topic relates to the geographic concept of place because the way humans run their lives is dictated by the govening body, and the way your live changes with where you live.
Civil rights represents how you live when you are somewhere as to what you can and can't do. People can use our topic to understand what is like in the world where governments try to maintain control no matter what.
by Mike S.
Impact of the Issues in Singapore
Effects on People:
In Singapore, despite the physical punishments and the threat of death penalty for drug trafficking, and also the government restrictions, the people in Singapore are relatively happy.
Effects on the Environment:
Civil Right and extreme Corporal Punishments do not effect the environment.
Effects on Economy:
Due to the restrictions that the Singaporean government imposes, the government could eventually ban something (because it may affect the integrity of their government) that effects the economy:
Ex: The Banning of cookie-cutter American stores such as Wal-Mart. (has not happened)
Effects on the Government:
When their crazy punishments are imposed against foreign punishments, the citizens government will often try to get the government to let go or lessen the crime, however, the the Singaporean government will not agree, the government could begin to have strained ties with Singapore. Just ask the Australian president. A Australian citizen was caught bringing Heroin into Singapore and was sentenced to death and the president, who tried to save his citizen, was unsuccessful, and began to strain his ties with Singapore.
List of concerns:
by Wyatt
In Singapore, despite the physical punishments and the threat of death penalty for drug trafficking, and also the government restrictions, the people in Singapore are relatively happy.
Effects on the Environment:
Civil Right and extreme Corporal Punishments do not effect the environment.
Effects on Economy:
Due to the restrictions that the Singaporean government imposes, the government could eventually ban something (because it may affect the integrity of their government) that effects the economy:
Ex: The Banning of cookie-cutter American stores such as Wal-Mart. (has not happened)
Effects on the Government:
When their crazy punishments are imposed against foreign punishments, the citizens government will often try to get the government to let go or lessen the crime, however, the the Singaporean government will not agree, the government could begin to have strained ties with Singapore. Just ask the Australian president. A Australian citizen was caught bringing Heroin into Singapore and was sentenced to death and the president, who tried to save his citizen, was unsuccessful, and began to strain his ties with Singapore.
List of concerns:
- Use of physical weapons for punishment
- Use of death penalty for offense as little as drug penalty
- Government restrictions on t.v., radio, etc.
- Government straining relations with foreign counterparts
- Possibilities of protests in Singapore
by Wyatt
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Corporal Punishment of Singapore: Background
In the United States, most people don't think of physical abuse as a punishment enforced by the judicial system. However in Singapore, for many crimes, the government has imposed Caning as a punishment (for crimes as little as vandalism to rape to homicide). Caning is the use of a cane (made of rattan) that is 4 feet long and 1/2in. thick and is used for judicial and prison caning. When wet, the cane becomes very malleable. When caning, the person receiving the punishment is tied to a chair bending over. The "caner" then proceeds to remove the persons pants and then whip the person with the cane for up to 24 times. The cane, when in contact with the body, causes severe welts on the buttock seperating skin with lots of blood and extreme scarring. From the most minimal cases, a person with be caned 4 times with the most severe being 24 times. Then, the person being caned is taken to a hospital for examination then released with a fine, or sent to prison.
Also in Singapore, the governments mandates a mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking. Importing quantities as little of 15g of heroin will mean death... if you get caught. Customs and immigration in Singapore is extremely strict, especially at the Singapore-Changi International Airport, and the Seaport, so chances are, you will get caught, and you will get punished. For importing drugs less than the death penalty limit, punishments include caning, prison time, and fines.
Yong Yui Kong was a man who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
Michael Fay is an American who was sentenced to Caning for vandalism in Singapore. President Clinton fought to reduce his punishment, (or simply eliminate it) and was able to reduce from 8 whips, to 4.
Until 2010, Chewing Gum was banned in Singapore. The punishment of using chewing gum in Singapore was first getting fined, and then after multiplt offenses, you get caned. In 2004, Chewing Gum was allowed for theraputic reasons (such as Nicotine gum) and then in 2010, was repealed entirely.
by Wyatt
Also in Singapore, the governments mandates a mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking. Importing quantities as little of 15g of heroin will mean death... if you get caught. Customs and immigration in Singapore is extremely strict, especially at the Singapore-Changi International Airport, and the Seaport, so chances are, you will get caught, and you will get punished. For importing drugs less than the death penalty limit, punishments include caning, prison time, and fines.
Yong Yui Kong was a man who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking.Michael Fay is an American who was sentenced to Caning for vandalism in Singapore. President Clinton fought to reduce his punishment, (or simply eliminate it) and was able to reduce from 8 whips, to 4.
Until 2010, Chewing Gum was banned in Singapore. The punishment of using chewing gum in Singapore was first getting fined, and then after multiplt offenses, you get caned. In 2004, Chewing Gum was allowed for theraputic reasons (such as Nicotine gum) and then in 2010, was repealed entirely.
by Wyatt
Singapore removes Chewing Gum ban
Article about removing of ban
This excerpt depicts that Singapore, while trying to improve, still has many unreasonable bans."Singapore has been trying in recent years to shed its repressive image and promote itself as a cosmopolitan hub of the arts and media in Asia. But it still censors many films and television programmes, bans satellite dishes and outlaws numerous books, magazines and songs. People can be fined for crimes as trivial as spitting or failing to flush public lavatories. "
Monday, May 2, 2011
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