Kokila Annamalai, the first activist in Singapore to defy its stifling online speech laws

Kokila Annamalai, a prominent Singaporean activist, has spent years supporting death row inmates and their families as they fight to avoid execution. So, when she was ordered by the government to share a “correction” on social media that countered criticisms she had made of Singapore’s laws, and accused death row inmates of “abusing” the justice system, she felt compelled to take a stand. “Death row prisoners are one of the most voiceless and powerless people in our society, and the courts are such a powerful institution,” she says. The government “correction” notice had said some death row inmates “abuse the

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