Participants form a giant pink dot at the Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park in Singapore June 28, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore should repeal its ban on foreign companies sponsoring the annual Pink Dot gay-pride event, Human Rights Watch said, complaining that it infringed freedom of expression in the city state.
Singapore announced this month that foreign firms would no longer be allowed to sponsor or participate in the rally, after this year's event drew record numbers of people and a record nine corporate sponsors, including Twitter, Google and Facebook.
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