Help! We have no human rights!

thescarred · getting into high spirits Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 4

Hey everyone, i'm new to this site and got a couple of questions...
Firstly, i'm a FIRM believer that human-made laws shouldn't take away anything that God has given to us. Sadly, people are still being thrown into jail and put to death for planting seeds and consuming something that is being grown naturally.
I'm sure you guys have heard about the strict laws in Singapore and this is just the place i was born in. I do not condemn my homeland, i respect and appreciate everything that it has to offer (eg. low crime rates, good food, diverse culture, clean environment). However, people here are still being hung for consumption or possession of the plant. This ignorance saddens and angers me.
Now i do not use the plant nor have i tried it, but i know of people who do. And these people, are just as normal, nice and peace-loving as any of us out there. Prosecuting them for consumption, growing or possession is basically just going against nature and in my opinion, has no difference with challenging Man's origins.

I hope that my brothers here will help me help these people...
Is there anything they can do or say, when prosecuted, to protect their rights here in Singapore? I am not exactly a law kind of person so i do not know how it works in my country. Maybe you guys here can help me with it?

**Ferre** · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:56 am Post subject:

Hi thescarred, welcome

Do you know if Singapore signed the Declaration of Human Rights?
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Rev.Holden Greene · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:04 am Post subject:

wow singapore i havent heard much of your country except for the harshness of the laws i remember the kid from the us that got caned for graffitii i think

do you know if singapore signed the u.n.declaration of human rights this is what protects us on an international level

maybe someone here knows

if i find anything on this ill drop you a line
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Rev.Holden Greene · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:14 am Post subject:

good news your covered out there heres a link your country signed it

http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=2486
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**Mystic Power** · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:51 am Post subject:

I visited Singapore many years ago. I loved the beauty and diversity of the place.

I saw my first cricket match there! Laughing

...but the harsh (death penality) laws for cannabis scared the willies out of me.

Please do look into the Humans Rights Declaration. It's quite important!

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thescarred · getting into high spirits Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 4

Thank you guys for looking into the matter...
Okay we still have our rights, thats good news, but to what extent? It's just a bunch of words and i really don't have much idea on how i'm covered.

Anyway i noticed that under the Religious Harmony Act, any one of us have the right to profess and practice religion.
Is this of any help?

thescarred · getting into high spirits Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 4

Freedom of religion
15. —(1) Every person has the right to profess and practise his religion and to propagate it.

(2) No person shall be compelled to pay any tax the proceeds of which are specially allocated in whole or in part for the purposes of a religion other than his own.

(3) Every religious group has the right —

(a) to manage its own religious affairs;

(b) to establish and maintain institutions for religious or charitable purposes; and

(c) to acquire and own property and hold and administer it in accordance with law.

(4) This Article does not authorise any act contrary to any general law relating to public order, public health or morality.

thescarred · getting into high spirits Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 4

(6) Nothing in this Article shall invalidate any law —

(a) in force before the commencement of this Constitution which authorises the arrest and detention of any person in the interests of public safety, peace and good order; or

(b) relating to the misuse of drugs or intoxicating substances which authorises the arrest and detention of any person for the purpose of treatment and rehabilitation,

by reason of such law being inconsistent with clauses (3) and (4), and, in particular, nothing in this Article shall affect the validity or operation of any such law before 10th March 1978.

Stokes · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject:

**Fyrefly1** · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: