Kirsten Han


Kirsten Han is a Singaporean freelance journalist and activist, covering politics, human rights, and social justice. Her work has been published in the Guardian, Asia Times, Southeast Asia Globe, and the Diplomat, among others.

Articles by Kirsten Han
Supporters of the opposition Workers Party' gather and celebrate as results are announced during the general election in Singapore on July 11.
Supporters of the opposition Workers Party' gather and celebrate as results are announced during the general election in Singapore on July 11.
Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen, the founder of the Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach, checks in with a security guard at a factory-converted dormitory as he distributes meals for Muslim migrant workers in Singapore on April 24.
Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen, the founder of the Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach, checks in with a security guard at a factory-converted dormitory as he distributes meals for Muslim migrant workers in Singapore on April 24.
Workers' Party supporters in Singapore
Workers' Party supporters in Singapore
Lim Zheng Jie Wo, 76, scavenges in a back lane of the financial district in Singapore on January 5, 2009. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Lim Zheng Jie Wo, 76, scavenges in a back lane of the financial district in Singapore on January 5, 2009. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Young men browse Facebook on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
Young men browse Facebook on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
This photograph taken on March 29, 2015 shows Lee Wei Ling (2nd R), the younger sister of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, along with family members walking out of parliament house during the late founding father Lee Kuan Yew's funeral procession in Singapore. 
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on April 10, 2016 denied abusing his power and attempting to establish a dynasty as a family feud went public after the first anniversary of the death of his father Lee Kuan Yew.  / AFP / MOHD FYROL        (Photo credit should read MOHD FYROL/AFP/Getty Images)
This photograph taken on March 29, 2015 shows Lee Wei Ling (2nd R), the younger sister of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, along with family members walking out of parliament house during the late founding father Lee Kuan Yew's funeral procession in Singapore. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on April 10, 2016 denied abusing his power and attempting to establish a dynasty as a family feud went public after the first anniversary of the death of his father Lee Kuan Yew. / AFP / MOHD FYROL (Photo credit should read MOHD FYROL/AFP/Getty Images)