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Wortley: Tour operator celebrates prestigious award
By Sofia Patel A Wortley-born tour operator is celebrating winning the Yorkshire Specialist Tour Company of the Year award for the fourth time. Founded in 2018 by Mike Hampshire, Tours of Leeds operates guided and audio tours of the city to residents and tourists alike. “I started out as Leeds Beer Tours, focusing on Leeds’ incredible culture and heritage around pubs and breweries, before last year I branched out into other aspects of Leeds’ heritage and renamed to Tours of Leeds” said Mike.
Sofia Patel on LinkedIn: I have nearly 100 Labour Party staff (current and former) going to the US…
Sofia Patel’s Post I have nearly 100 Labour Party staff (current and former) going to the US in the next few weeks heading to North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia. I have 10 spots available for anyone available to head to the battleground state of North Carolina - we will sort your housing. Email me on labourforkamala@gmail.com if you’re interested.
Walking the Tightrope to Avoid a Forgotten Crisis in Bangladesh - Australian Institute of International Affairs
The devastation that plagues the Rakhine state of Myanmar persists, due to the inability to reach a consensus on how to effectively deal with the displacement of refugees. Anniversaries matter. Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries of the death of loved ones have a deep resonance for most of us. As do anniversaries of historical and catastrophic events. They can be markers of before and after, of loss and recovery, of survival and new beginnings.
The 5G Trap - AIIA
Australia may have banned Huawei and ZTE from building the next generation of telecommunications infrastructure in the country, but will this actually defend a future Australian 5G network? Despite the government’s decision last year to carefully vet foreign companies building Australia’s 5G infrastructure, completely excluding Chinese firms will prove near impossible.
Australia Must Halt all Military Exports to Saudi Arabia - AIIA
By continuing to export arms to Saudi Arabia, Australia is complicit in the regime’s violations of human rights. Australia has been exporting military equipment and intelligence to Saudi Arabia for many years despite the highly controversial nature of these sales.
President Bolsonaro’s Brave New World - AIIA
Bolsonaro’s populist policies are endangering civil rights and alienating Brazil from its neighbours. Many have labelled Brazil’s incoming president Jair Messias Bolsonaro “The Trump of the Tropics.” Nevertheless, his blatant disregard for minority rights and his support of extra-judicial killings are similar to Phillipine strongman President Rodrigo Duterte. Brazil is a country marked by huge social contrasts, with the extremely rich and those living in poverty divided along racial lines.
Human Rights in North Korea - AIIA
There is undisputed evidence of what is going on inside North Korea. Threats of nuclear proliferation should not relegate human rights to the wayside. Immediately after the end of Cold War, North Korea underwent a severe famine. This led to a diaspora of North Korean refugees around the world, which brought greater understanding of life inside the hermit kingdom and greater attention to human rights issues in North Korea among the international community.
Exploring the threat of far right extremism in Australia – HOPE not hate
As in European nations, Australia is experiencing a growing anti-Islam, anti-immigrant sentiment, along with a clear nationalist and white protectionist agenda. In other ways, Australia is different. For example, there remains a latent prejudice against the Asian and Indigenous communities.
Exploring the threat of far right extremism in Australia – Hope not hate
In many ways, right-wing extremism in Australia reflects trends in Europe and the US. As in European nations, Australia is experiencing a growing anti-Islam, anti-immigrant sentiment, along with a clear nationalist and white protectionist agenda. In other ways, Australia is different. For example, there remains a latent prejudice against the Asian and Indigenous communities.
ASPI suggests | The Strategist
The justifications put forward by allied nations to strike the Assad regime in Syria last week rest on the fact that using chemical weapons is unequivocally unacceptable. Three powerful pieces—one each from Andrew Rawnsley and Haid Haid in the Guardian, and a third by Shiraz Maher and John Bew in New Statesman—provide insightful analyses of the price paid by Syrians for the international community’s policy failures.
Human Rights Defenders Assassinated in Colombia - AIIA
Colombia’s murder rate is at an all-time low but there has been a worrying jump in the number of assassinations of activists. Despite the 2016 national peace agreement it means social leaders increasingly walk the streets in fear.
The Counterterrorism Yearbook 2018
Three key factors defined the terrorist threat landscape in 2017: the international coalition’s military dismantling of Islamic State’s (IS) caliphate, and their return to a nebulous insurgency structure; increased IS activity in South East Asia catalysed by the battle for Marawi; and the potential resurgence of al-Qaeda. These developments have in turn shaped the evolution of international counterterrorism (CT) agendas at local, regional and international levels.
Counterterrorism Yearbook 2018 | Australian Strategic Policy Institute
The Counter Terrorism Yearbook is ASPI’s annual flagship publication curated by the Counter Terrorism Policy Centre, now in its second year of publication. It is a comprehensive resource for academics and policymakers to build on their knowledge of counterterrorism developments in countries and regions around world.
The Sultanate of Women: Exploring female roles in perpetrating and preventing violent extremism
This paper examines the appeal of Islamic State (IS) to Western women and explores how women can be employed in countering violent extremism (CVE) structures to prevent further involvement.
Dissecting Britain’s approach to countering violent extremism | The Strategist
Countering violent extremism is a core element of the Australian government’s counterterrorism strategy. It’s a complex policy issue, with community-level disruption activities running the risk of infringing on civil liberties. The British government’s experience in protecting its public from the pernicious threat of terrorism, while upholding democratic and human rights, has proved challenging, and has received much criticism, and so holds some useful lessons for Australia.
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