after that Amos Yee kid got charged for a video on Singapore first PM Lee Kuan Yew, 2 dudes protest

[ignhelper]

[QUOTE]SINGAPORE: Two men between the ages of 24 and 25 were arrested by police outside the Istana on Saturday afternoon (Apr 4).Police said the duo had turned up in front of the Istana with placards at about 4pm. Channel NewsAsia understands that the men were holding signs that read “You can’t silence the people” and “Injustice” for about half an hour. They were clad in identical red hoodies and dark blue jeans.
Police also said both of them had refused to stop the activity despite requests from officers. As such, they were arrested for organising a public assembly without a permit, under Section 16(1)(a) of the Public Order Act, Chapter 257A.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/duo-arrested-for/1766516.html[/url]

[sloppy_joes]

Two men between the ages of 24 and 25? I wonder what their ages could be...

[spaceghost]

You get arrested for protesting without permission, what the hell.

[ignhelper]

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;47509425]You get arrested for protesting without permission, what the hell.[/QUOTE]

If I remember correctly, you need a permit from the govt if you want to hold a public demonstration, and only in 1 designated area known as speaker's corner.

Could had changed though

[sloppy_joes]

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;47509425]You get arrested for protesting without permission, what the hell.[/QUOTE]

Same thing happens in the USA and Canada. Illegal protests. Essentially you're only allowed to protest in certain areas. I remember it happened with the G8 summit here not too long ago.

[CrossTownNews]

Free speech zones.

Which was nothing compared to the seizure of all your assests if you protest now.

[angelangel]

1st class journalism

it's like they have an article-generating template for things like this

[CrossTownNews]

Internet search:
Article writing AIs

No I am serious. AIs are being used to write the news now or soon any ways.

[crumbleshake]

[QUOTE=SpaceGhost;47509425]You get arrested for protesting without permission, what the hell.[/QUOTE]

It's like that here in the UK. Pretty sure it's like that loads of places. It is a problem, but you do pretty much always get permission, depending on where you plan to protest and for how long.

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;47509463]Same thing happens in the USA and Canada. Illegal protests. Essentially you're only allowed to protest in certain areas. I remember it happened with the G8 summit here not too long ago.[/QUOTE]

There is sort of a difference though between two dudes and a sign verses an organized protest. In the US they probably could protest on public space without an issue, if they got like a dozen people together though then it would need a permit