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Teen blogger Amos Yee arrives at the State Courts in Singapore September 28, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su/File Photo

Persecuted Singapore blogger free in America

by Kirsten Han September 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Teen blogger Amos Yee is finally a free man in the United States after a three-member panel at the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled unanimously to grant him asylum, making him the first Singaporean in years to receive political refuge in the West. Yee was first granted asylum in March this year after an immigration […]

Singapore rebel teen Amos Yee, who is out on bail, speaks to reporters outside the State Courts after he was jailed for six weeks for insulting Muslims and Christians in a fresh brush with the law, in Singapore on September 29, 2016.
Yee, 17, first gained notoriety in March 2015 after posting an expletive-laden video attacking Lee Kuan Yew as the founding prime minister's death triggered a massive outpouring of grief in the city-state. Photo: Elizabeth Law/ AFP

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Singaporean blogger’s US asylum application awaits review

by Kirsten Han December 29, 2016