https://www.scmp.com/rss/519161/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Singapore should not overvalue the history of British colonialism by installing more statues of colonial leaders. For example, when the Japanese invaded Singapore, the 85,000-strong British military... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3271062/singapore-enough-statues-colonial-leaders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3271062/singapore-enough-statues-colonial-leaders?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jul 2024 03:30:08 +0000 There are many straits and passages with unfamiliar names across the Indo-Pacific. Some are potential flashpoints in the event of a regional war. The Taiwan Strait is the best known. Others are more obscure but nevertheless strategically important for military access and supply as well as hi-tech spying such as penetrating undersea internet cables. That’s why the United States has been busy fortifying what some Pentagon strategists have called the first, second and even third island chains of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243795/how-western-allies-subvert-international-law-and-norms-contain-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243795/how-western-allies-subvert-international-law-and-norms-contain-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:00:09 +0000 It was only the third day of Sri Lankan refugee Neil Para’s 1,000km (620-mile) walk to see Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he started developing terrible blisters. But that discomfort was nothing compared to the pain of living in Australia for 11 years without a visa, meaning he cannot work or access free medical services. Trapped in the country’s complex refugee processing system since his and his family’s bridging visas were revoked in 2014 without reason and never replaced,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3230800/australia-sri-lankan-refugees-long-walk-freedom-spotlights-plight-persecuted-asylum-seekers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3230800/australia-sri-lankan-refugees-long-walk-freedom-spotlights-plight-persecuted-asylum-seekers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Aug 2023 06:00:13 +0000 The United Nations’ Committee against Torture has urged Australia to end mandatory detention for all illegal arrivals, including children. It also called for Canberra to raise the legal age of criminal responsibility in the country, which is currently set at 10. The UN committee voiced concerns that detention continues to be mandatory for all unauthorised arrivals and that “the law does not establish a maximum length for a person to be held in immigration detention, reportedly resulting in... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3201214/un-anti-torture-committee-slams-australia-migrant-indigenous-detentions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3201214/un-anti-torture-committee-slams-australia-migrant-indigenous-detentions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Nov 2022 03:32:08 +0000 Australia has lost more mammal species than any other continent and has one of the worst rates of species decline among the world’s richest countries, a five-yearly environmental report card released by the government on Tuesday said. Its unique wildlife is being devastated by bush fires, drought, habitat loss and climate change, said the 2021 State of the Environment report, warning that more species were headed for extinction. Some animals such as the blue-tailed skink are now only known to... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3185768/australias-utter-failure-conservation-environment-exposed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3185768/australias-utter-failure-conservation-environment-exposed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:03:20 +0000