"The Western human rights cottage industry[& #39;s] core doctrine is dictated by interference in the affairs of independent nations using whatever tools are deemed fit including think tanks, bureaucracy, local advocacy groups, universities and the media." https://www.firstpost.com/politics/so-you-feel-for-amnesty-international-wipe-away-those-tears-and-sample-some-of-its-vitriol-2962652.html/">https://www.firstpost.com/politics/...

"Would the US or UK allow say, a desi version of Amnesty International to pry into its racism, police brutality, illegal detentions and spying on private citizens in the name of homeland security?"

"It’s a beautiful model though: first, identify a target country for intervention and concoct a random narrative of human rights abuses there, and when that country’s government protests, portray such protest as a proof of the poor human rights record of the country."

“We allow American journalists in Singapore in order to report Singapore to their fellow countrymen…But we cannot allow them to assume a role in Singapore that the American media play in America, that is, that of invigilator, adversary and inquisitor of the administration.” -LKY

"But start manipulating innocent professional groups, cultural groups and make them support political causes, whether its freedom of the foreign press or whatever, then I say you are looking for unpleasant linkages with what has happened in the past." - Lee Kuan Yew