Giving Up Safeguards to Protect Against Terrorists
Although supported by the German public, the Third Reich (1933 to 1945) is now recognised as a brutal regime signified by the totalitarian rule of an evil dictator. The regime was preceded by the democratic Weimar Republic (1919 to 1933);...
Crime Commission Denies Child Terrorism Suspect Basic Protections
The NSW Crime Commission is an independent statutory body which aims to investigate serious criminal activity and obtain evidence which may lead to a prosecution. It has a wide range of powers - including the ability to summon persons of...
Teenaged Terrorism Suspect Must Face Supreme Court
A Victorian judge has ordered that a teenager accused of plotting a terrorist act must face the Supreme Court, instead of the Children’s Court. The 17-year-old’s home was raided in May this year, during which police allegedly discovered a range...
Trial Delayed Due to Failure to Produce Evidence
A NSW Supreme Court Judge has slammed prosecutors for serving evidence upon Sulayman Khalid’s criminal defence lawyers just two weeks before the scheduled trial date. 20-year-old Khalid is alleged to have “intentionally possessed documents, knowingly connected with the preparation for...
More ‘Anti-Terrorism’ Laws on the Horizon
The NSW State Government is well-known for its reactionary approach to perceived threats, with a range of laws enacted in recent years to address concerns about motorcycle groups, alcohol-fueled violence and, most of all, terrorism. The tragic killing of a...
Jury Finds that ‘Respect the Flag’ Group are a Criminal Gang
It’s an unfortunate day when a child’s birthday party ends in adults on the street with weapons drawn. In one such party in Douglasville, Georgia, which was attended predominantly by African-American people, the celebrations were interrupted when a group called...
Combating Radicalisation in Schools
Australia was rocked by the recent tragic shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng by 15-year-old high school student Farhad Jabar. The incident has stuck in the minds of many for various reasons - it involved the death of an innocent...
Four Arrested for Radicalising Teenage Shooter
Four men have been arrested in raids across Western Sydney after the fatal shooting of a police employee in Parramatta last week. More than 200 police officers raided properties in Wentworthville, Merrylands, Guilford and Marsfield early in the morning, arresting...
Legal Aid Pays Criminal Defence Lawyers Peanuts
For years, criminal defence lawyers have been highlighting the unfairness of a well-resourced prosecution - equipped with Senior Barristers and seemingly endless experts - prosecuting defendants without access to funds for top-notch lawyers or their own experts. The case of...
School Kid Arrested for Making a Clock
Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year-old American living in Texas. He is well-known by his friends, family and peers at school as being the “Inventor Kid”. His talent extends far beyond what most kids his age can do - Ahmed can...
