The Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Turkey, but have faced persistent violent assaults on their culture, language, and livelihoods since the First World War. Tasha Johnson speaks to Hüseyin Bahur about his experiences living as a Kurd in Turkey.
Debut writer, Josh Wright questions whether the UK’s Counter-Terrorism policy is up to parr after the recent attack that struck a women’s hospital in Liverpool.
Sunday 14th November 2021 will forever be remembered by residents surrounding Liverpool Women’s hospital as a very near tragedy, when Emad al Swealmeen’s bomb exploded in a taxi outside the entrance. What could have been […]
After the recent death of Sir David Amess MP, there have been calls to increase the security for MPs. Hattie Graham discusses the narrative surrounding security, and how we can preserve the nature of our democracy.
A forever changing nature of war has led to many criticisms against the West for their involvement in extrajudicial killing (the targeted murder of individuals without regard for formal legal processes.)This creates many implications that have bled into international human rights law. Josh Bate considers the West’s use of drones that have formed a new era of state violence.
Many countries have reset their defence policies since the start of the pandemic. Writer Josh Bate discusses the future of US counter-terrorism policy after the fall of Afghanistan.
Who writes Op-Eds for the New York Times? Winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize. Authors of nationwide bestsellers. Pulitzer-winning journalists. And recently added to the list, is a global terrorist group: Taliban. The Times published […]
On Monday of last week Sudesh Amman appallingly stabbed two people in Streatham, South London before he was shot dead by the police. It was quickly announced to be a terrorist attack of an Islamic […]
A 33-year-old man has been arrested in Leeds on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, the Independent has reported. The man has been taken to West Yorkshire police station following an ‘intelligence-led’ operation. The suspect’s […]
With the news of the release of two separate films depicting the events of the 2011 Utøya attack in Norway, Mailies Fleming explores the moral implications of depicting terrorist attacks on screen. As the month […]
Joe Robinson, 25, was arrested and charged with terrorism offenses while on holiday in Turkey last year. He was accused of being a member of the YPG, a Kurdish armed group classed as a terrorist […]
The Manchester attack on Monday, which killed 22 people and injured many more, has once again reignited the binary reaction to terrorist atrocities that is intensely problematic when assessing such events. Across the political spectrum, […]