Posts Tagged ‘human rights’
Lee meets Medvedev, Hu
16Nov09
Lee Kuan Yew met Russian president Medvedev and China President Hu on the sidelines of the APEC summit. ITAR-TASS: Medvedev meets with Singaporean Minister Mentor People’s Daily: President’s Asian tour, attendance at APEC meeting a complete success: FM But the Temasek Review complains that Obama (who met only Lee Hsien Loong, not Lee Kuan Yew) […]
Filed under: Event | 4 Comments
Tags: apec, barack obama, dmitri medvedev, hu jintao, human rights, lee kuan yew, singapore
Yet more fallout from the Chee Soon Juan vs Lee Kuan Yew defamation case. Lee testified under oath that he had received a letter from the International Bar Association commending Singapore’s judiciary; this was first denied by the IBA, causing Chee to raise the matter again with the court, and the Asia Sentinel opined: It […]
Filed under: Editorial, Newspaper, Report | 2 Comments
Tags: chee soon juan, defamation, human rights, international bar association, lee kuan yew
Lee Kuan Yew Watch 
Yew did it very well
Tom Plate heaps more praise on his master. Khaleej Times: Exceptional leaders are hard to find anywhere on the globe, including Asia. Until his recent retirement, this tough-as-nails guy—now 89 — had helped organise and run tiny Singapore almost like nobody has ever run anything. He certainly didn’t do things 100 per cent the American […]
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Tags: china, human rights, lee kuan yew, lincoln medal, singapore, tom plate