Seditious in Singapore! Free Speech and the Offence of promoting ill-will and hostility between Religious Groups

This article examines the new phenomenon of sedition laws being used to counteract speech considered offensive to racial and religious groups in Singapore. It investigates the manner in which these laws have been employed and jurisprudentially developed to restrain speech on race and/or religion in Singapore. The article argues that the current state of the law is highlyproblematic for its adverse impact on free speech as well as for its conceptual confusions with alternative bases for restraining speech.