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It's hard to visit with an open mind when you would risk several years in prison for doing what you would at home. Capital punishment is required for being in

It's hard to visit with an open mind when you would risk several years in prison for doing what you would at home. Capital punishment is required for being in the company with someone possessing a small amount of weed. "Obscene material" gives you prison up to three months, 21 years if you make it avaliable to someone under 21. If you watch the movie Milk with someone under 21 years old, you risk 21 years in prison. All members of Jehovas Witnesses were imprisioned in 2004. Richard Dawkins would probably have been sentenced for long imprisonment without a trial.

helmut_hed 15y ago
Richard Dawkins would probably have been sentenced for long imprisonment without a trial Can you elaborate?
- kristofferR 15y ago
  The two most relevant acts are The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act and The Sedition Act. Both allow for prison sentences for saying things that could be percieved as offensive. In 2006 a young blogger were detained for posting cartoons of Jesus.
brisance 15y ago
>>Capital punishment is required for being in the company with someone possessing a small amount of weed. Capital punishment is meted out to persons who possess or have reasonable knowledge of someone who possesses or deals in drugs. Do I agree with it? No. But it's very far from your claim. There is due process of law. >>All members of Jehovas Witnesses were imprisioned in 2004. The reason for this is because Singapore has a conscripted army. All male citizens are required to spend 2+ years of their lives in service of their country. They are liable to be called up for service any time up till they are 40, or 50 in the case of officers. Jehovah's Witnesses renounce bearing arms and thus their religion is in direct conflict with statute. They are not "imprisoned" in the sense of "rehabilitation" or "punishment". They are confined, so yes there are restrictions on their movement, and are given duties such as gardening, cooking etc. They are free men after they have performed the equivalent length of time as a regular citizen in the armed forces. Edit: typos
- tommi 15y ago
  It's the somewhat the same in Finland and many other countries. Here you can choose between 6 months of service in the military, 12 months of alternative service or go to prison for 6 months. While there are many up sides in conscription I still feel it's against human rights.
- kristofferR 15y ago
  If they're treated like other pacifists, then why are their bibles banned?
- inkaudio 15y ago
  You are absolutely wrong, they are for a fact imprisoned. Read : http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108423.htm http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108423.htm Search for Jehovah witness. Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Jehovahs_Witnesses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Jehovahs_Witness... search for Singapore.
  - brisance 15y ago
    And I've personally observed these Jehovah's Witnesses in the grounds of detention barracks. Let me ask you then: what would you do to apply the conscription law equally? There is no "escape clause" even for sons of state officials. All males have to go through it and the citizenry have come to see it as a rite of passage.

helmut_hed 15y ago

Richard Dawkins would probably have been sentenced for long imprisonment without a trial Can you elaborate?

kristofferR 15y ago
The two most relevant acts are The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act and The Sedition Act. Both allow for prison sentences for saying things that could be percieved as offensive. In 2006 a young blogger were detained for posting cartoons of Jesus.

brisance 15y ago

>>Capital punishment is required for being in the company with someone possessing a small amount of weed. Capital punishment is meted out to persons who possess or have reasonable knowledge of someone who possesses or deals in drugs. Do I agree with it? No. But it's very far from your claim. There is due process of law. >>All members of Jehovas Witnesses were imprisioned in 2004. The reason for this is because Singapore has a conscripted army. All male citizens are required to spend 2+ years of their lives in service of their country. They are liable to be called up for service any time up till they are 40, or 50 in the case of officers. Jehovah's Witnesses renounce bearing arms and thus their religion is in direct conflict with statute. They are not "imprisoned" in the sense of "rehabilitation" or "punishment". They are confined, so yes there are restrictions on their movement, and are given duties such as gardening, cooking etc. They are free men after they have performed the equivalent length of time as a regular citizen in the armed forces. Edit: typos

tommi 15y ago
It's the somewhat the same in Finland and many other countries. Here you can choose between 6 months of service in the military, 12 months of alternative service or go to prison for 6 months. While there are many up sides in conscription I still feel it's against human rights.
kristofferR 15y ago
If they're treated like other pacifists, then why are their bibles banned?
inkaudio 15y ago
You are absolutely wrong, they are for a fact imprisoned. Read : http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108423.htm http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108423.htm Search for Jehovah witness. Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Jehovahs_Witnesses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Jehovahs_Witness... search for Singapore.
- brisance 15y ago
  And I've personally observed these Jehovah's Witnesses in the grounds of detention barracks. Let me ask you then: what would you do to apply the conscription law equally? There is no "escape clause" even for sons of state officials. All males have to go through it and the citizenry have come to see it as a rite of passage.