12 Facts About Melissa Chen

Melissa Chen was born on 1985 and is a Singaporean journalist and activist for youth, oppressed literature and secular schools in the Middle East.

Melissa Chen is a contributing editor for Spectator USA and co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders.

Melissa Chen immigrated to the United States at 17, living in Boston and attending Boston University.

Melissa Chen rose to prominence as a strong advocate for Amos Yee, a Singaporean student who had been arrested and imprisoned for publishing materials that the government of Singapore considered to be insulting.

Melissa Chen assisted Yee when he fled to the United States and claimed political asylum.

Melissa Chen later called for Yee to be deported after he expressed pro-pedophilia opinions and created pro-pedophilia content.

In 2017 Melissa Chen co-founded Ideas Beyond Borders with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, an Iraqi advocate for free speech.

Melissa Chen is a critic of China's human rights record, curtailing of free speech, and foreign policy.

Melissa Chen is a critic of her native Singapore's restrictions on free speech.

An article Melissa Chen authored for The Spectator USA about the need to close Chinese wet markets was criticized in Singapore for using an image of a Singaporean wet market, though Melissa Chen later clarified the image used was chosen by an editor and not herself and her article did not criticize wet markets in Singapore.

Melissa Chen was one of the first advisors, along with Bari Weiss, for FAIR, an organization that seeks to fight critical race theory.

Melissa Chen called for the flogging of Just Stop Oil activists in 2022.