Tag: terrorism
Violence against the Asian community is unacceptable
Racism against the Asian-American community made headlines last week and social media has seen #StopAsianHate go viral after a white man shot and killed eight people, including six Asian women at three spas in Atlanta [more…]
KU student feared for his life in ‘terrorism’ scare
A Kingston student feared for his life and sought refuge in a pub after Natural History Museum accident was mistaken for terrorism on Saturday October 7.
Kingston Islamic Society oppose new Counter Terrorism Bill
The Islamic Society at Kingston University has warned that Home Secretary Theresa May’s proposed measures to tackle extremism in the UK would be an attack on freedom of speech. The proposed bill would put legal [more…]
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: What does the Charie Hebdo attack mean for the future of French politics?
An one-million-people strong crowd headed by world leaders gathered in cities around France yesterday, united in grief at the attacks in Paris, including world famous cartoonists at satirical publication Charlie Hebdo. People around the world [more…]
Free speech is not just a Western value
It is always a shock when a tragic act of terrorist violence strikes the western world, because suddenly the threats of such acts happening in our midst becomes reality. The London bombings, 9/11, and now [more…]
“Hell for Heroes” woman sentenced to jail
Kingston Crown Court has sentenced a woman responsible for distributing terrorist material on social media to five years and three months in jail. Runa Khan, 35, of Maple Road West, Luton, was charged with four [more…]
Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow proves again why she is the new queen of the war genre, telling the thrilling story of the greatest manhunt of our generation. Max Parker In a scene early on in Zero Dark [more…]
Homeland series two: that’s right, it’s back
Homeland’s back and after a teeth-clenching second episode we are left longing for more. Lily Kemp Series one was a raging success, it seems like decades since it aired on Channel 4, but low and [more…]
