Sitting in court awaiting the judge’s verdict earlier this month, three Singaporean women accused of organising an illegal pro-Palestine protest were prepared to be outraged.
Living in a country where cases that reach court have a conviction rate as high as 97 per cent, and with an infamously low tolerance towards public protests and activism, Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori, Kokila Annamalai, and Mossammad Sobikun Nahar awaited a guilty verdict and faced up to six months in jail and a S$10,000 (about £5,800) fine.
