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Amnesty International, 19 November 2009 The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, after a magazine and its editor agreed to pay S$405,000 (Approximately US$290,000) following a fine by the country’s highest court for alleged defamation. The Dow Jones Company-owned Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) magazine …

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Singapore defamation case threatens press freedom (The Temasek Review)