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Legal
Terror cases in Belgium on the decline, to pre-IS levels
(Brussels Times) The number of new cases of terrorist activity opened by the federal prosecutor’s office fell in 2019 to 90, compared with 155 in 2018. The figure is significant as the first time since 2013 that numbers have been at the […]
Law Enforcement
Mustafa Dirani’s ‘extreme beliefs’ laid bare in court Lawyers have argued a man was not privy to a terrorist conspiracy unfolding in Sydney’s west despite sharing 'extreme' Islamic material.
(NCA NewsWire) Lawyers for Mustafa Dirani have asked a jury to put his “extreme beliefs” aside in judging if he was part of a terrorist conspiracy that led to police accountant Curtis Cheng’s death. Mr Cheng was gunned down outside the Parramatta […]
Arts & Entertainment
Punching down at dead cartoonists The response to the attack on Charlie Hebdo was a pivotal moment that foreshadowed the political crisis in Western societies
(Tablet) Yesterday marked the four-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, in which the staff of a satirical French comics publication, along with several bystanders, were murdered by jihadist terrorists inside their Paris offices. The killers were the brothers Saïd and Chérif […]