Singapore activist charged with one-man smiley face protest Updated 22 minutes 5:00PM Singaporean activist Jolovan Wham has been charged in court today with staging an illegal one-man protest after he stood outside a police station holding a sign bearing a smiley face. It is illegal for even one person to hold a demonstration without a police permit in the city-state. – EPA pic, November 23, 2020.
A SINGAPOREAN activist was charged today with staging an illegal one-man protest after he stood outside a police station holding a sign bearing a smiley face.
The tightly controlled city-state has tough laws against dissent that make it illegal for even one person to hold a demonstration without a police permit.
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