Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 30/09/2026The “protest against the death penalty” that Neo Swee Lin and Lim Kay Siu (and others, including myself) have been charged for was this: we went to court to support a friend who’d been charged. Afterwards, we stood outside the courthouse and someone snapped some photos. Then we left. That’s it. 2168
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 28/09/2026My charge under the Public Order Act has to do with participating in group photos outside the State Courts in Feb 2025. The authorities say this is an illegal assembly in a prohibited area. Others have been charged, too. The judge imposed bail of S$5,000 surety. My passport had to be surrendered. 1132
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 28/09/2026I wore this shirt to the State Courts for my court mention for one count of "taking part in a public assembly within a prohibited area". Security wouldn't let me into the building wearing it. I ultimately took it off by the entrance and turned it inside out before I was allowed in. 13210
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 19/09/2026Someone commented on a clip of Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau talking to the media about the government’s efforts to help Singaporeans get started with using AI, and her response was… dismissive, to say the least 013
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 18/09/2026If you watched Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender… yesterday one of the friends who was charged with me was Lim Kay Siu aka Monk Gyatso So I’m in good company, at least 04312
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/09/2026Last week, six people had court mentions in the same morning for charges relating to pro-Palestine organising and vigils for death row prisoners. Hundreds of people showed up in solidarity. I've never seen such a huge crowd at the courthouse. 1101
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/09/2026(2) In April 2022, I posed in a group photo outside Changi Prison, a couple of nights before Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam was hanged on 27 April. 160
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/09/2026(1) In March 2022, three friends and I lit a small number of tea lights and sat outside Changi Prison, for less than an hour, the night before Abdul Kahar bin Othman was hanged on 31 March—the first person executed in about two years. 170
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/09/2026I also received a 12-month conditional warning for allegedly "taking part in a public assembly or public procession". In June 2024 I followed a group of students as they delivered letters to the Ministry of Home Affairs with feedback on the Maintenance of Racial Harmony Bill (now passed into law). 1112
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/09/2026🧵 Today I was charged under Singapore's Public Order Act for “taking part in a public assembly within a prohibited area”. 3 friends were also charged for the same offence. The assembly in question? Posing for photos outside the State Courts after my friend Jolovan Wham's court mentions in Feb 2025. 25326
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 08/09/20260% surprised and 1,000% disgusted www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... 2215
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 08/09/2026Singapore's charging mothers under the Public Order Act for flying white kites with the names of slain Gazan children written on them in 2024. Multiple people are being charged tomorrow at 10am, Court 4B at the State Courts, for actions related to the pro-Palestine and anti-death penalty movements. 03229
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 08/09/2026Salaries for political officeholders in Singapore will be adjusted for the first time in 15 years, making some of the most highly paid ministers in the world... even more so. CNA live updates: www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/po... 143
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 07/09/2026People are being charged in Singapore for flying kites with the names of children killed in Gaza. A link to an IG post, where most things are shared these days: www.instagram.com/p/Dc79r34o8b... 0513
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 07/08/2026Singapore carried out its 16th execution of 2026 today—a 79-year-old stateless person convicted of drug-related offences. 11411
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 07/08/2026Excited to be headed to the George Town Literary Festival at the end of the year, representing @mekongreview.com! Looking at the line-up, I'll get to reconnect with old friends and hopefully make lots of new ones 🥰 081
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 04/08/2026This is Massive Attack's response to what happened in Singapore, posted on their Instagram page. Good on them. 102629964
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 23/07/2026The 15th hanging of the year was carried out in Singapore this morning. 032
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 21/07/2026There was also this but I think this is a bridge too far for me 2130
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 21/07/2026Presented without comment because I haven’t tried it yet 35215
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 14/07/2026Oh look, yet another career option I hadn't been aware of before I picked journalism 050
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 04/07/2026The Transformative Justice Collective was one of two organisations to be presented with the Documentation Award at the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, for our work tracking capital punishment in Singapore. The other group was Iran Human Rights. 0122
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 22/06/2026I'll be in Paris for the World Congress Against the Death Penalty next week, and will be speaking at this side event on capital punishment in the Asia Pacific. People who are registered for the World Congress can register for this! 081
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 25/05/2026While addressing the point on caning in schools being only for boys, Minister for Education Desmond Lee cited the Criminal Procedure Code, which prohibits the caning of women or men above the age of 50. But this doesn't mean that caning in schools is the same as judicial corporal punishment. 110
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 25/05/2026Corporal punishment exists in Singapore in multiple ways: (1) At home: Rattan canes are sold for parents to use to hit their kids. Anecdotally I feel like it happens less now than when I was a kid, but this story from the pandemic shows it still happens: mothership.sg/2020/04/cane... 120
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 25/05/2026Earlier this month, the issue of caning in Singaporean schools caught (some) international attention. People around the world and INGOs were horrified by the notion—and rightly so! I think some background/context is missing, though, so thought I'd write this thread to give a fuller picture. 163
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 22/05/2026I posted this yesterday. This morning, Singapore carried out its 12th hanging of the year so far. Also for drug offences. 032
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 02/05/2026For people who might not be familiar with my country, this is PEAK Singapore www.straitstimes.com/life/govtech... 165
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 11/04/2026There’s a protest against US imperialism here in Singapore today and the police are saying there shouldn’t be any symbols/issues related to Israel or Palestine at it 🙄🙄🙄 www.straitstimes.com/singapore/no... 1145
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 05/04/2026Esquire Singapore wanted to interview Mackenyu, but it didn’t work out. So they fed his previous interviews into AI and generated one for themselves. The first question is about *checks notes* boundaries 1113
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 29/03/2026This is one of the stickers from a legit sticker sheet given out to Singaporean households to remind people to make sure they aren’t inadvertently providing spots for dengue mosquitos to breed 085
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 25/03/2026The Singapore Democratic Party is raising funds by selling cheesy mashed potatoes. Or “Chee-sy”, because they’re made from a recipe from the party’s leader, Chee Soon Juan. ‘Cos of anti-foreign interference laws, only adult Singaporeans are allowed to buy said potatoes. 0276
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 25/03/2026TOC is raising funds to afford the ad space: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CtN... Although the law has allowed for this since it was passed, this is the first time such a requirement has been made and is an alarming escalation, the burden of which will be felt by those less powerful than the SG govt. 020
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/03/2026I don't know a single credible commentator who has seriously predicted political collapse in Singapore (at least, not any time soon)... if anything, everyone seems to think the opposite 131
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 21/02/2026I don’t want genAI I want those cute little generator things where I can spend ages picking hairstyles and outfits and create little avatars of myself as a Powerpuff Girl 080
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 10/02/2026With less than 10 hours left before Lingkesvaran's scheduled hanging in Singapore, his mother is pleading with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to grant him a respite order. You can read her letter at tinyurl.com/lingkesletter 141
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 17/01/2026Last week the Singapore Prison Service executed two men. This week they served an execution notice on a third, informing him that they will kill him on 22 Jan. But sure, tell us all how very difficult and challenging it is to be part of the Singapore Prison Service. 052
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 10/01/2026It’s the birthday of Soonie, Stray Kids Lee Know’s oldest cat. That cat is wearing silk Gucci ties because his dad is a Gucci ambassador. Yet another cat revealed to be living better than me 150
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 25/12/2025The amount of feelings I have tried to eat this year I mean it with my whole chest when I say “FUCK 2025”. It has been such a cruel year. I guess at least my favourite K-pop group is on the Pepero box. This is where we’re at now. 090
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 09/12/2025Got this from Reddit. I’m baffled by how this law can possibly be enforced. Kids are going to be kids and they will find their way on to these platforms—except now they might keep it secret from adults, making it even harder to monitor or have conversations about what they’re exposed to. 131
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 07/12/2025This seems like a good time to ask if anyone has watched Armando Ianucci’s The Death of Stalin 150
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 06/12/2025In 2018, Jason Soo, a Singaporean filmmaker, was on board Al Awda, part of a freedom flotilla trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. Singaporean authorities have given his film a conditional R21 rating, which means he has to seek their approval every time he wants to screen it in the country. 167
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 23/11/2025One execution has been scheduled for 26 November, and two for 27 November. A vigil will be held in Singapore on the night of the 26th. 063