Terrorism

UN Appeals To Myanmar Junta To Halt Executions

The United Nations (UN) rights chief said Tuesday Myanmar's junta has likely committed crimes against humanity and urged authorities to stop planned executions, including those of prominent democracy activists.Myanmar's military seized power on 1 February last year, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

15 June 2022
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Blacklist Putin's Terrorist State

A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Ukraine, and the rest of the world is an eyewitness. Vladimir Putin is waging an indiscriminate war on Ukraine’s civilian population. Russian forces’ devastating siege of Mariupol, including the deliberate bombing of a children’s and maternity hospital, is part of a pattern. As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says, it is further evidence that genocide is taking place in our country.

17 March 2022
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The Narco-Terrorist Taliban

The strategic folly of United States (US) President Joe Biden’s Afghan policy has been laid bare in recent weeks. First, the country came back under the control of the Pakistan-reared Taliban. The announcement of the interim government’s composition then dashed any remaining (naive) hope that this Taliban regime would be different from the one the US and its allies ousted in 2001.

15 November 2021
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A Crippling Blow To The Global War On Terror

The American-led global war on terror, launched 20 years ago after the 11 September 2001, attacks against the United States (US), was already faltering before President Joe Biden took office. Now it may not recover from the blow delivered by Biden’s historic blunder in facilitating the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.By empowering the Taliban, Biden has empowered all violent Islamist groups, thus making the rebirth of global terror highly likely.

13 September 2021
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The World 9/11 Made

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 11 September, terrorist attacks on the United States (US).

11 September 2021
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HK Convicts Man In First National Security Trial

A Hong Kong court convicted a former waiter of terrorism and inciting secession on Tuesday in the first trial conducted under a national security law that was imposed by China to stamp out dissent.The watershed ruling lays down a new marker in the city's changing legal landscape and confirms that certain political slogans are now outlawed in the international finance hub. Tong Ying-kit, 24, was charged with secession and terrorism after he drove a motorbike into three police off

27 July 2021
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Cambodia Slaps Terrorism Charges On Activists

A Cambodian court has charged four environmental activists with insulting the king and plotting against the government, an official said Monday, after three of them were arrested for documenting waste run-off into a river.Use of royal defamation laws in Cambodia is a relatively new phenomenon, with the legislation only enacted in 2018.The three activists – Sun Ratha, Ly Chandaravuth and Yim Leanghy of advocacy group Mother Nature – were arrested Wednesday for documenting the draining of waste

22 June 2021
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IS Sympathiser Behind Indonesia Police HQ Attack

An armed woman shot dead at Indonesia's national police headquarters Wednesday was an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser, authorities said, citing social media posts she made shortly before the fatal gun battle.Indonesia has been on high alert in recent days after two suicide bombers - alleged members of a pro-IS extremist group - blew themselves up at a church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island, wounding about 20 people.Police outposts have been frequent targets of Indonesian extremists in

1 April 2021
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Indonesia Church Suicide Bombers Were Newlyweds

Two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who joined a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police said Monday, as they arrested others suspected in the plot.About 20 people were wounded in the powerful explosion outside the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island while worshippers celebrated the start of Holy Week.Both suspects were killed instantly after they rode a motorbike into the church compound and, when challenged by security, detonated a

30 March 2021
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Indonesia Church Suicide Attack: 20 Injured

One of two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Sunday belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines, said Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the police chief.“The perpetrator was part of the JAD group that had carried out the bombing in Jolo, the Philippines,” said the police chief, referring to extremist network Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.The bomb used in Sunday's attack was a pressure cooker bomb, Prabowo a

29 March 2021
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US Capital Locks Down As Security Threats Mount

The centre of Washington was in lockdown Thursday as more than 20,000 armed National Guard troops were mobilized following the deadly assault on the Capitol and the threat of more violence at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.Police Chief Robert Contee said the United States (US) capital was facing "a major security threat" after supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building a week ago in a violent bid to block Biden's confirmation that lef

15 January 2021
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Why The Philippines Needs An Anti-Terror Bill

It has been three years now since the tragic “Marawi Siege”, but until now, terrorist attacks continue to permeate the Philippines making it hard for the government to secure its citizens from those who persistently seek to attack the lives and the way of life of every Filipino. The Marawi Siege just like the tragic events of 11 September (9/11), the Bali bombings, and the home-grown terrorists’ attacks in London, is the quintessence of the country’s long struggle against terrorism.

24 December 2020
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