Pictures from Hong Lim Park on 8 Jun 2013
Hundreds march in Singapore against website licensing regime
A Caricature of former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is displayed during a rally at a free-speech park called Speakers' Corner in Singapore on June 8, 2013 (AFP Photo / Roslan Rahman)
A mock tombstone is displayed during a rally at a free-speech park called Speakers' Corner in Singapore on June 8, 2013 (AFP Photo / Roslan Rahman)
People gather to listen to bloggers speeches during a rally at a free-speech park called Speakers' Corner in Singapore on June 8, 2013 (AFP Photo / Roslan Rahman)
A protester stands with a placard during a rally at a free-speech park called Speakers' Corner in Singapore on June 8, 2013 (AFP Photo / Roslan Rahman)
Free my Internet Movement
some entertainment before the talk
banners everywhere
Is freedom of speech is dead?
Silence at Speaker’s Corner
Protecting the freedom of our future?
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Photo Essay 2: #FreeMyInternet Protest (8 June 2013)
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Photo Essay 1: #FreeMyInternet Protest (8 June 2013)
About 2,500 people participated in Singapore’s largest blogger-led protest – #FreeMyInternet Protest – yesterday afternoon (8 Jun). 2,500 is the total number of people estimated to have gone to Hong Lim Park from 4-7 pm yesterday.
More than 4,000 have signed an online petition (and counting - link) while more than 150 blogs participated in an online blackout on Thursday (6 Jun).
Here are snapshots of the protest at Hong Lim Park yesterday:
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