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Good life / good death
The way we’re supposed to go, the way we’re not supposed to go.
Kirsten Han
I’m a writer, journalist and activist from Singapore. Apart from running We, The Citizens, a newsletter covering Singapore from a rights-based perspective, I’m also managing editor of Mekong Review, an Asia-focused literary journal. Outside of my job, I’m a member of the Transformative Justice Collective, where I work towards the end of the death penalty and Singapore’s war on drugs.
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Telling the story of Singapore’s drug war
The official launch of ‘Singapore Will Always Be At War’!
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In print: Singapore Will Always Be At War
My essay, which won the Portside Review Human Rights Essay Prize, is now available in print.
On this website you’ll find my bio, a contact form, and a blog where I share work updates, presentations, speeches, and general thoughts that don’t fit anywhere else.
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The Singapore I Recognise: Now in Chinese!
My book has been translated and is now available in Taiwan (and beyond, maybe)!
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Singapore Must Always Have Hope
It’s a challenge to tell the story of Singapore’s war on drugs and its victims, but we keep going because we must.
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It’s not going to be okay
“Things are not okay. They are not going to be okay.” This knowledge should not be allowed to paralyse over the long-term; it can only be allowed to activate.
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A real journalist?
“Am I a journalist?” I started with this question, and as I followed it down the path I realised it isn’t just a simple question about a profession or career choice.
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Book birthday
The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope was officially launched a year ago today.
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Writing is a muscle
The process might be dull, but the payoff will hopefully be worth it.
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Push and pull
Sometimes I travel not to visit somewhere, but just to not be in Singapore. Yet it’s only a matter of time before it pulls me back.
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