The UK government’s plan to end all Troubles-era prosecutions in Northern Ireland would create an amnesty wider than the one Augusto Pinochet introduced to shield human rights violators in Chile, according to a study. Downing Street’s plan would offer a level of impunity more sweeping than almost 300 other post-conflict...
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The far right and white supremacists are responsible for the vast majority of extremist-related fatalities but only a fraction of counter-terrorism resources are devoted to them The US government acted quickly after 9/11 to prevent further attacks by Islamic extremists in the US. Billions of dollars were spent on new...
Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief September 3, 2021 **UNCLASSIFIED ** (U) STIC is providing this information to our partner agencies for situational awareness. This document contains information obtained from open source information. While STIC has gone to great lengths to verify the information found in...
Four police officers who captured a terrorist after he killed three men in a park are to receive bravery awards. James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were stabbed to death on the afternoon of 20 June 2020 in Reading’s Forbury Gardens. PC James Packman, Sgt Iain...
Hate crimes in the U.S. rose about 6% last year, fueled by an increase in anti-Asian, anti-Black and antiwhite incidents, according to FBI statistics released Monday, reaching levels not seen in more than a decade. State and local police reported 7,759 criminal incidents in 2020 motivated by bias, amid a...
The incident took place near a mural of former INLA prisoner Michael Devine in the Galliagh area of Derry A man has been arrested in connection with shots fired at a commemoration in Londonderry last Friday. The 30-year-old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act after a raid on a...
Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief August 24, 2021 **UNCLASSIFIED ** (U) STIC is providing this information to our partner agencies for situational awareness. This document contains information obtained from open source information. While STIC has gone to great lengths to verify the information found in...
Extremists are using mainstream video games and gaming chat platforms to spread hate, BBC Click has found. Over three months, researchers found anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia on platforms, including DLive and Odysee, where users stream and chat about games such as Call of Duty and Minecraft. Campaigners say including extremist...
A roadside bomb exploded Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in the Sinai Peninsula, killing seven members of Egypt’s security forces, officials said. The troops were riding an armored vehicle when the bomb went off in New Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip, added the officials, who spoke...
Terrorism legislation reviewer Jonathan Hall says ‘incels’ may be treated as terrorists in future Violent attacks by “incels” such as Plymouth gunman Jake Davison will be treated as terrorism if the movement grows, a government adviser says. Police have been criticised for not treating the tragedy – which saw the...
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