Tag: Terrorism
Lone dissenting Filipino judge – ‘Why I voted against martial law’
By JV Arcena of InterAksyon in Manila
Saying the Philippines needs to wage the long, hard fight against terrorism but cannot do it at the...
‘This isn’t Aleppo. This is Marawi City’ – urban war in...
Aerial shot from a drone of Banggolo and Bubonga barangays in Marawi City taken on 8 June 2017 shows the destruction and fire from...
Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar
Rappler wrap-up on the Qatar crisis.
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Qatar after several Gulf states severed...
PMW editor talks of concerns over martial law in southern Philippines
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch's Kendall Hutt spoke with 95bFM's The Wire host Tess Barnett today about martial law in the southern island...
Marawi retrieves bodies on streets amid Philippines air strikes
As Ramadan begins, Carmela Fonbuena reports on the continuing clashes in Marawi City. Video: Rappler
By Carmela Fonbuena in Marawi City, Philippines
Philippines police have entered...
‘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...
Philippines troops rescue 78 hostages from terrorists in Marawi hospital
Carmela Fonbuena files this a video report from Mindanao, Philippines. Video: Rappler
By Carmela Fonbuena in Iligan City, Mindanao
About 78 civilians held captive by the...
Duterte compares Mindanao martial law with Marcos as hostages taken
Philippines Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella announcing President Duterte has declared martial law on the southern island of Mindanao. Video: Rappler
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
The...
Canada blacklists tag Philippines with third highest number of ‘terrorists’
By Roy Abrhamn Narra and Carlo Casingcasing in Manila
Blacklists developed by the Canadian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) have tagged...
Australia, Indonesia strengthen cyber-security ties but West Papua ignored
Australia and Indonesia have agreed to focus on cyber-security in their fight against terrorism and transnational crimes after a meeting in Jakarta but West...
David Robie: Florida airport shootings – few basic questions being raised
Surveillance footage of the accused guman Esteban Santiago opening fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida last Friday. Video: TMZ website
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Just...
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...
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...
Putting state terrorism in context – the Rainbow Warrior follies
Reviewed by Jeremy Agar of CAFCA and published on Nuclear Free and Independent Day.
EYES OF FIRE: The Last Voyage Of The Rainbow Warrior,
by David...
One Jakarta terror bombing suspect still at large, says police chief
One of the suspects directly involved in the bombing attacks in the Thamrin Boulevard business district in the heart of central Jakarta early last...
How ISIS extremist media have hijacked religion and language
By Dr Alan Knight in Sydney
Moderate Muslims were losing the media war with ISIS, according to leading Turkish journalist, Kerim Balci.
”Authentic” Muslims were losing...
Home-grown Indonesian terrorists ‘used low-tech weapons’
Report from Agence France-Presse in Jakarta
Although Thursday's Jakarta attacks have been blamed on militants recruited by the Islamic State in Syria, with the international...
Evening Report’s Selwyn Manning talks to David Robie on Rainbow Warrior
A rich account of the events surrounding the Rainbow Warrior affair three decades ago.
Interview: With Dr David Robie
Interviewer: Selwyn Manning
Date: July 8, 2015
Subject: 30...