Singapore-Style Repression Has Come to Britain

Singapore-style repression has come to Britain

In September 2022, I came to the UK in the hope of leaving behind an overbearing and censorious state. In 2021, an op-ed I wrote for the Nikkei Asia Review provoked the ire of the Singaporean authorities because I exposed their feigned ignorance about cartels abusing lockdown loopholes during Covid-19. The UK state – while much less

UK Parliament warns of escalating transnational repression

The UK is ill-prepared to protect exiled dissidents, journalists and activists from the long arm of authoritarian regimes, according to a troubling new report from Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights. In its Seventh Report of Session 2024–25, the committee warns that “transnational repression” – the targeting of individuals abroad by their home governments – is an under-recognised but escalating threat, eroding the UK’s reputation as a …