Tag: Anti-terror laws

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under "domestic...

By Jairo Bolledo in Manila A Philippine court has granted alternative news site Bulatlat’s plea to temporarily unblock its website citing constitutional press freedom rights. In...

EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier Whether the leaders of Papua New Guinea realise it or not, sorcery is a big social issue. It is wreaking havoc while...

By RNZ News The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a "terrorist entity" by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The designation under New...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The contrast cannot be more...

By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed...

COMMENT: By Mong Palatino in Manila The proliferation of fake Facebook accounts in the Philippines is meant to derail the growing public opposition against the...

OPINION: SunStar editorial in Cebu So it goes. Nineteen senators in the Philippines Senate have approved on the third and final reading of Senate Bill...

By RNZ New Zealand police have laid a terrorism charge against the man accused of murdering 51 people in Christchurch in deadly terror attacks on...

By Victor Mambor in Jayapura Five civilians in Timika have reportedly been arrested by the newly reactivated military counter-terrorism unit for "aspiring" to West Papuan...

By Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani in Jakarta Indonesia's Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko has claimed that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had expressed...

By Riani Sanusi Putri in Jakarta Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has demanded police investigate the cause of death of...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Johan Lidberg in Melbourne Australia is a world leader in passing the most amendments to existing and new anti-terror and security laws...

By Edo Karensa in Jakarta International human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Indonesia's House of Representatives to reject a draft...