>The point is; Singapore doesn't toe the US line on China and therefore gets HRW and similar thrown after them.
Human Rights Watch isn't part of the American government. They've criticized the US numerous times. So much so that they are concluding that the US is trying to discredit them.(1) Singapore might simply not have been invited because they're not a real democracy.
>Which is absurd as Singapore is by far the best-governed country in the neighbourhood.
Human Rights Watch isn't part of the American government. They've criticized the US numerous times. So much so that they are concluding that the US is trying to discredit them.(1) Singapore might simply not have been invited because they're not a real democracy.
>Which is absurd as Singapore is by far the best-governed country in the neighbourhood.
Best governed (according to you) != democracy.
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(1) https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/23/us-seeks-discredit-human...