Tag: Islamic State
Auckland Sri Lankan community holds vigil for terror bomb victims, survivors
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 60 people from the Sri Lankan community and human rights advocates gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square today in a solidarity...
Terror in Indonesia – the threat posed by returning Islamic State...
By Jewel Topsfield of The Sydney Morning Herald in Jakarta
Heru Kurnia, an Indonesian who joined Islamic State in Syria, is describing watching children kick...
Indonesia mobilises warships, intelligence forces to ‘block’ IS
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has begun mobilising its forces -- including warships and intelligence operations -- in northern parts of Indonesia...
‘Respect human rights’ warning from Amnesty over Philippines martial law
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Philippines must ensure that human rights are respected and protected, following the President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law...
Arun Kundnani: The West’s Islamophobia is only helping the ‘Islamic State’
As Easter is celebrated by Christians across the world this weekend, Arun Kundnani reflects on the "global war on terror", the Brussels outrage, the...
Kurdish anti-ISIS hacker attacks Fiji defence websites
By Allison Penjueli of Newswire Fiji
Websites belonging to the Republic of Fiji Military Force (RFMF), Fiji Police Force and the Immigration Department were today...
Wanted: 2000 more spies in Indonesia, says BIN chief
Indonesia's National Intelligence Agency (BIN) plans to spend Rp700 billion (US$54 million) to recruit more agents in response to concerns over personnel constraints, a...
Indonesian anti-terror law change ‘may override human rights’
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...