2019 terrorist attacks in New Zealand
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The Government has officially concluded its coordinated cross-government response to the Royal Commission of the Inquiry into the Christchurch Mosque Attacks. Lead Minister Judith Collins says they will adopt 36 of 44 recommendations from the report – but says hate speech laws or establishing a new security and intelligence agency isn't among the recommendations they'll adopt. Newstalk ZB senior political commentator Barry Soper joined Andrew Dickens. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Judith Collins says amending hate speech laws in light of the Christchurch mosque attacks would breach the right to free speech. The Government's officially ended the coordinated response to the 2019 tragedy that killed 51 people. 36 recommendations from a report into the attack have been adopted - but eight won't be, including hate speech amendments. The Lead Coordination Minister told Andrew Dickens inciting violence is already restricted. She says someone who states they don't like someone else for being different is a fool - but that doesn't mean they should be arrested. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I've thought that a few times listening, watching and reading some of the media coverage of the coroner's inquest into the 2019 mosque attacks. It's obviously something that Mike Ardagh has thought too. If the name rings a bell - he's a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Otago in Christchurch. He's also a specialist in the Emergency Department at Christchurch Hospital. He's been in the news a lot over the years. And he's in the news again today with some pretty strong comments about the inquest into the mosque shootings, which has been going for the last three weeks and is expected to go for another four weeks. In a nutshell, he's saying that the way it's being run is unfair and mean to the emergency responders who have been hauled-in to give evidence. Those are the words he's using to describe it - “unfair and mean”. He says ambulance and police staff are being treated as if they're the ones on trial. Saying it appears to be all about winning arguments instead of finding facts. And, from what I've seen, I think he's spot on. There was one line of questioning in particular that I couldn't believe one of the lawyers representing the victims' families asked. It was last week. When a member of the Armed Offenders Squad involved in the response that day was in the stand. Lawyer Kathryn Dalziel wanted to know why he stopped people outside the mosque from going in after the shootings, and he explained that he didn't know who they were and there was a risk that one of them could have been an offender. Or a “sleeper”. So someone pretending to be a member of the mosque community but actually being a terrorist themselves. And, as she told the court, these people were desperate to get inside and help. She then went on to say this. And this is the bit that staggered me. I'll quote her directly. She said: "My clients, and this is really important to them, they want to know, would you have been so cautious about there being a possible sleeper if you had been talking to a group of white people?" The report I saw said the AOS member “appeared surprised by that question”, which is probably putting it mildly. But he responded as you would expect an AOS person to respond. He said: "I would have dealt with the situation the exact same way". Which, of course, he would've. But this is what Mike Ardagh is getting at. He's saying today that the whole approach seems to be about challenging the emergency responders. Prove to us that you didn't cock-up. That's why he thinks it is unfair and mean for the emergency responders giving evidence. You can imagine how gobsmacked the Armed Offenders guy would have been with that question. And, from the coverage I've seen, it does feel like the lawyers representing the victims and families are doing what lawyers normally do in criminal trials. They create murkiness. They create doubt. And we've seen plenty of that so far. As Mike Ardagh says, the emergency responders being questioned and treated this way are good people. They are not accused of any crimes. But it seems, doesn't it - from the way they are being spoken to and questioned - that they are on trial. In some respects, the response that day itself is on trial. But how fair is it that individual people - who put their own lives on the line that day - are questioned and treated the way they are in such a public way? I think it is very unfair. Because, as Mike Ardagh points out, many of these people are already significantly distressed by what they went through on that day. And he reckons what he calls a “more collaborative exploration” would not only be better for the responders in the dock, but it would probably get more useful information. And I'm with him 100 percent. I think it is completely unfair that individual emergency responders are being asked to publicly defend suggestions that they were too slow, confused or biased in their decision-making. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Growing calls for Winston Peters to apologise for his incorrect claims about the March 15 terror attacks. Peters said New Zealand only recently found out that the Prime Minister's office received information about the attack before it happened. But then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed at the time her office had received the killer's manifesto. ZB political editor Jason Walls says Peters has tried to appeal to the nation's fringe groups before- but it's perplexing as to why he's making these false claims now. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As the coronial inquest into the mosque shooting gets underway surely one of the ironies is the fact that something that it is hoped will provide answers needs to answer a couple of questions itself. Why does it take so long to get an inquiry underway? Is something this far down the track from the event able to give the answers people want? One of the stories yesterday suggested the great hope was this inquiry would lead to something like this never happening again. I'm not sure how this is possible. A mass shooting has not been part of New Zealand history so there is not really a pattern to be studied. The outworkings of an errant, crazy man is not something that an inquiry can prevent. It can potentially delve into some of the other issues like the emergency response, they are looking at an exit door and whether it failed to function. Some are looking for closure. I hope for those who are looking for closure they get it, but for that to happen surely it must be based on the mere functionality of the inquiry, not the specifics and outworkings because an inquiry is not a miracle. It's a series of questions and probes and recollections. I can't see how we are going to conclude mass, catastrophic, systematic failure, whereby a large series of recommendations are put forward and the fabric of society is changed as we implement them and go about our business in a completely different way. This was a tragic day, as a result of a crazed man with a gun, bent on madness and destruction. I may be proved wrong, but the emergency response appeared astonishing and the bravery involved was extraordinary. The things we have done already, the gun amnesty and register, seem as political as a response as they are practical. The Christchurch call that was set up has not stopped online hate. If an entire Government and its contribution is limited to that, what is a coronial inquiry going to achieve? Call me cynical, but this seems as much procedural as anything. It's four and a half years later, with findings not until at least five and a half years later, it's not what you would call urgent, is it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The inquest into the deaths of 51 Muslim worshippers during the Christchurch terror attack begins in the Coroner's Court Tuesday morning. It comes at a time of heightened anxiety with threats being made against both Muslim and Jewish communities due to the ongoing and escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas. Timothy Brown has more.
Four years on from the March 15th Christchurch terror attacks, the coronial inquest is beginning today. Coroner Brigette Windley will hear up to eight weeks of evidence. She will determine the cause and circumstances of the 51 deaths and make recommendations to prevent similar tragedies in the future. Herald reporter Anna Leask told Kate Hawkesby that the coroner will look at whether people could've lived if emergency services or hospital staff had done things differently. She says there are a few other questions the families don't feel have been answered, including whether the gunman had help. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A claim an article in a conspiracy magazine sold in Whitcoulls could cause readers to run afoul of the law. The book chain is stocking a copy of New Dawn, a magazine with anti-vax conspiracies and an article insinuating that the Christchurch Mosque attack was a false flag operation. Disinformation Project Director Kate Hannah says that while some of the articles will be harmless, the one about the mosque attack details where to find the banned livestream of the attack. She says a naive reader may choose to look it up, which would be illegal. Whitcoulls has been approached for comment. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The selflessness and sacrifice of people who risked their lives to save others during the Christchurch terror attack have been honoured at a special awards ceremony in the city. The Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, presented nine people with awards for their bravery on that terrible day in 2019, saying they acted without hesitation in the face of great peril. Reporter Jean Edwards was at the ceremony at the Christchurch Town Hall.
انتقدت رئيسة الوزراء النيوزيلندية جاسيندا أردرن إطلاق فيلم يتناول رد فعلها على الهجمات على مسجدي "كرايستتشيرش" العام 2019 قائلة أنه جاء في الوقت الخطأ وعالج الموضوع الخطأ.
L'annonce d'un projet de film sur les attaques islamophobes perpétrées le 15 mars 2019 à Christchurch se concentrant sur la réponse apportée à la crise par Jacinda Ardern a déclenché une immense vague d'indignation en Nouvelle-Zélande.
يقيم مجلس الأئمة الفيدرالي الأسترالي فعالية خاصة لتكريم أرواح الضحايا والوقوف عند ذكرى السنتين لحادثة الهجوم على مسجدين في نيوزيلندا عام 2019
Two years on from the Christchurch attack, the Muslim community is still feeling its effect in Australia, says Molla Mohammad Rashidul Huq, a researcher and Islamic preacher in Melbourne. - ১৫ মার্চ নিউ জিল্যান্ডের ক্রাইস্টচার্চের দুটি মসজিদে সন্ত্রাসী হামলার দু’বছর পূর্ণ হলো। ২০১৯ সালের সেই সন্ত্রাসী ঘটনায় ৫ জন বাংলাদেশী-সহ ৫১ জন নিহত হন এবং ৪৯ জন আহত হন। এই মর্মান্তিক ঘটনার দু’বছর পূর্তি উপলক্ষে এবং অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় এর প্রভাব নিয়ে এসবিএস বাংলার সঙ্গে কথা বলেছেন মেলবোর্ন ইউনিভার্সিটির গবেষক মোল্লা মোহাম্মদ রাশিদুল হক।
Families of the Christchurch mosque attack victims will soon receive more detailed information from the chief coroner, about how their relatives died. Judge Deborah Marshall, and the Police, have made two packages available for families to request, with varying levels of detail - including images from the moments leading up to their deaths. Judge Marshall is also inviting families to highlight any issues which they believe have not been resolved by the Royal Comission of Inquiry report. Anjum Rahman is a spokesperson for the Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand, she spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.
La commissione reale d'inchiesta ha sottolineato, tra le altre cose, che i servizi segreti neozelandesi sono stati troppo concentrati sul terrorismo di matrice islamica.
Survivors and families of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand have faced the gunmen this week. They’ve been speaking at a four-day sentencing hearing. After 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and New Zealand's first conviction for terrorism 29-year-old Australian, Brenton Tarrant, is sentenced to life without parole in court on terror charges. Several expatriate Bangladeshis were killed and injured in the incident. Engineer Shafiqur Rahman Anu, Honorary Consul General of Bangladesh in New Zealand spoke to SBS Bangla. Listen to the interview in Bangla in the audio-player above. - ২০১৯ নিউজিল্যান্ডের ক্রাইস্টচার্চ মসজিদের গুলিতে বেঁচে যাওয়াদের মধ্যে কয়েকজন ও তাদের পরিবারের কয়েকজন এই সপ্তাহে বন্দুকধারীর মুখোমুখি হয়েছে।তারা চার দিনের সাজা শুনানিতে বক্তব্য দিয়েছে। ৫১ টি খুন, ৪০ টি হত্যার চেষ্টা এবং নিউ জিল্যান্ডের প্রথম সন্ত্রাসবাদ অপরাধে দোষী সাব্যস্ত করার পরে ২৯ বছর বয়সী অস্ট্রেলিয়ান ব্রেন্টন টারান্টের প্যারোল-বিহীন যাবজ্জীবন কারাদণ্ড হয়েছে।ওই ঘটনায় প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী কয়েকজন নিহত ও আহত হয়েছেন। দণ্ডাদেশ প্রদানের আগেই, এসবিএস বাংলার সাথে এ নিয়ে কথা বলেছিলেন নিউ জিল্যান্ডে নিযুক্ত বাংলাদেশের অনারারি কনসাল জেনারেল ইঞ্জিনিয়ার শফিকুর রহমান অনু। সাক্ষাৎকারটি শুনতে উপরের অডিও প্লেয়ারটিতে ক্লিক করুন।
Aabe Aaadan Ibrahim Diiriye iyo Luul Aadan oo nooga waramay dareenkooda xukunka lagu riday Brent Tarrant oo 51 qof ku dilay Masaajidada Christchurch.Aadan Ibrahim waa Aabaha Mucad Ibrahim oo 3 jir ahaa oo ku dhintay weerarka.
Anjum Rahman from the Islamic Women's Council reacts to the Christchurch Mosque attack sentencing
Jesse speaks to Christchurch mosque attack victim Feroze Ditta who was seriously injured on March 15, 2019.
Ninkii ku dilay 51 masaajidada Christchurch oo xabsi abid lagu xukumay.
An Australian terrorist sentenced to life in jail without parole over the Christchurch shootings; More coronavirus cases emerge in New South Wales and in sports, major leagues postpone games in a show of support for racial equality in the United States.
سجن مدى الحياة: هو الحكم الذي تلقاه الأسترالي الذي نفذ الهجومين على مسجدين في كرايستشرش النيوزيلندية في مارس 2019.
Jordanian woman Rana Farj lost her husband in the Christchurch mosque attacks and her mother-in-law a week later. She has since settled in New Zealand after the country provided her family with emergency visas. - الأسترالي الذي نفذ الهجوم تلقي أقسى عقوبة في تاريخ النظام القضائي النيوزيلندي بالسجن مدى الحياة دون إمكانية إطلاق السراح المشروط
Like many within New Zealand’s Muslim community, Seham Al-Wakil’s life changed forever on March 15, 2019. Despite the sentence handed down to the perpetrator of the country's worst atrocity, she believes "true justice will come in the afterlife". - يواجه الأسترالي مرتكب مجزرة كرايست تشيرش أمثر من تسعين تهمة مختلفة في انتظار إصدار القاضي الحكم بحقه خلال اليومين القادمين
Today is the day the man behind the March 15 terror attack will find out his fate.It is the day a decision will be made about whether he will ever have a chance to be released from prison or will stay behind bars until his death.He has indicated he has nothing to say on the fourth and final day of the high profile sentencing hearing.His victims have not been so quiet.Brenton Tarrant sits in the dock at the Christchurch High Court for sentencing. Photo / APAhmed Khan called for Brenton Tarrant to be given "the toughest punishment ever" in the history of New Zealand.Sara Qasem, who lost her father, didn't hold back either."I am uncertain there will be enough justice for what has happened at the hands of a terrorist — that's you," she said.Sazada Akhter, who will be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life after being shot at Al Noor, urged Tarrant to think about his actions."While you are in prison, please think about what you have done to me."The last woman to read her victim impact statement in the High Court at Christchurch yesterday begged for Tarrant to be locked up until "his last breath, his last gasp"."It will be a grave injustice if he should ever be given a second chance to walk in society again — the beautiful souls he murdered, they will never get a second chance," said Hamimah Tuyan whose husband was killed. "He does not deserve the privilege of walking free amongst us, the peace loving people."I have faith that on judgment day tomorrow, justice will be served."On March 15, 2019 the Australian national stormed into two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayer and opened fire on men, women and children worshipping.Justice Cameron Mander walks into the court for the sentencing hearing for Brenton Tarrant at the Christchurch High Court. Photo / APThe 29-year-old initially pleaded not guilty to his offending but later changed his tune and admitted 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one of engaging in a terrorist act laid under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.For his crimes — described by victims in court this week as gutless, evil, cowardly, heinous and disgusting — Tarrant will be sentenced to life in prison and a minimum non-parole period of 17 years must be imposed by law. However, it is understood the Crown is seeking a sentence of life with no parole.This morning's sentencing will begin at 10am with submissions from Christchurch Crown Solicitor Mark Zarifeh.Then Pip Hall QC — who was assigned as stand-by counsel for Tarrant after he sacked his legal team — will make a brief submission on behalf of the convicted mass murderer.Tarrant told Justice Mander he had no intention of addressing the court on anything to do with his final sentence.The court will then hear from Kerry Cook, a lawyer appointed to assist Justice Mander on any legal issues relating to the self-representing killer.Justice Mander will then hand down the final sentence.It will come as a great relief to the hundreds of people directly impacted by the horrific attacks.Ninety-one people — including those who were shot, witnessed the massacre and family members of those murdered and wounded — have stood before Tarrant this week to tell him how his actions have changed their lives.Many begged Justice Cameron Mander to keep him locked up forever.Tuyan, one of the last of the almost 100 victims to address the court, said her husband Zekeriah was the last to die of the injuries he sustained after being shot in the chest at the Al Noor Mosque.His life was saved that day — but the bullets that ripped through his body caused too much damage for him to survive.Hamimah Tuyan gives her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Brenton Harrison Tarrant. Photo / APOn May 2 — 48 days after the terror attack — the 42-year-old father-of-two died in Christchurch Hospital."He was my bodyguard, my problem solver, my best friend ... (after) you put bullets into my husband he fought death —...
In Christchurch, on 15 March 2019, Liliek Abdul Hamid died in the terrorist attacks on mosques. In search of new challenges, he had left Indonesia and moved to Christchurch, a city he once described as paradise. - Di Christchurch, pada tanggal 15 Maret 2019, Liliek Abdul Hamid tewas dalam serangan teroris di dua masjid. Untuk mencari tantangan baru, Liliek Abdul Hamid meninggalkan Indonesia dan pindah ke Christchurch di Selandia Baru, kota yang pernah digambarkannya sebagai surga.
Los sobrevivientes y familiares de las 51 personas que perdieron la vida en la masacre de la mezquita de Christchurch en el 2019 confrontaron al perpetrador del ataque durante el primer día de juicio en Nueva Zelanda.
Sheikh Rafat Najm, the former Imam of the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch says the government and society must stand by the Muslim community. - الشيخ رأفت نجم كان من بين أول الواصلين إلى كرايست تشيرش بعد الهجوم، حيث عمل إماما لمسجد النور الذي شهد الجزء الرئيسي من الاعتداء خلال أعوام 1997 و1998
In a new documentary, we meet a young Muslim man who became a spokesperson for his people after the Christchurch Mosque Attack. In One year on, he talks candidly about his reluctance to step back into the public eye as the one year commemoration approaches. One Year On is just one of this year's batch of Loading Docs mini-documentaries, that are about to be go on line. In fact one of them went up recently, featuring a Covid-19 expert who's constantly reminding a panicked public how to stay safe. Lynn Freeman talks with Gwen Isaac, director of Siouxsie & The Virus and with Francesca Mackenzie who made One Year On. Francesca explains how her 8-minute long documentary is very different to what she had planned.
Mohamed Jama wuxuu ka badbaaday xasuuqii masaajidadii Christchurch ee sanadkii hore
As the locals prepare for the 1st year commemoration of the Christchurch incident, SBS Urdu spoke to the local community representative about what changes have taken place since the tragic incident.
The High Commissioner of Pakistan to New Zealand, Dr Abdul Malik told SBS Urdu that both the Pakistani and New Zealand Government have made efforts to help the victims of the Christchurch incident get back to their lives.
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On March 15 2019, dozens of women hovered in the female section of Christchurch's Al-Noor Mosque, as their time of worship became a time of terror, shocking the nation to its core.
The imam of the Christchurch mosque which was the scene of last year's horrific mass shooting says the "love and affection" displayed by the people and authorities of New Zealand has made the country's Muslims feel a greater sense of acceptance. - "يجب ان تكون هنالك حماية للأقليات والأديان من عبث العابثين."
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said that he is 'saddened and shaken' by Turkish Government's plans to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque. The final decision will be taken on Thursday, the 2nd of July. - Ήταν η πρώτη φορά που ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαίος είπε ότι αν τυχόν η κυβέρνηση της Τουρκίας μετατρέψει την Αγιά-Σοφιά σε τζαμί, τότε εκατομμύρια Χριστιανών θα στραφούν κατά του Ισλάμ και αυτό δεν είναι καθόλου καλό για το μέλλον της ανθρωπότητας.
Young Muslim RNZ journalist Isra'a Emhail gives a special insight into what it was like covering the Christchurch mosque attacks - and seeing her own community torn apart.
Christian Picciolini, a former prominent white supremacist, chatted to us today via Skype live from ChicagoChristian runs Free Radicals Project a global, multidisciplinary extremism and violence prevention, intervention, and disengagement platform and practice.We contacts Christian soon after the Christchurch terror attacks to bring some wisdom and perspective to what we were seeing in NZ, and what we see around the world with activity from white supremacists appearing to be on the rise.================Full video and/or audio of the podcast can be accessed on the following platformsYoutube https://goo.gl/uLs7j5Spotify https://goo.gl/zYQUhCiTuneshttps://goo.gl/rMFT7FStitcherhttps://goo.gl/GQkfpS
After the Christchurch mosque attacks Canterbury rugby bosses have been forced to look at changing the famous franchise's name and branding, but Crusaders fans are dead set against it. Daily podcast The Detail looks at the argument in favour.
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately: This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn about a rare outlet for the voices of our youth on air; a student paper pulling up trees in Dunedin, data journalism that shows we don't know how lucky we are - and more assessments of the media coverage of the attack in Christchurch and what followed:
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately: This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn about a rare outlet for the voices of our youth on air; a student paper pulling up trees in Dunedin, data journalism that shows we don't know how lucky we are - and more assessments of the media coverage of the attack in Christchurch and what followed:
After the heinous attack in the mosques in Christchurch on 15th March, the government and people of New Zealand extended their helping hand and positive attitude towards the victims and their families. Dr Mohammad Mahbubul Hassan from Christchurch says Muslims have a responsibility too. They need to mix with other communities. - ক্রাইস্টচার্চে দুটি মসজিদে হামলার ঘটনায় ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি ও তাদের পরিবারের পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছে সেখানকার সরকার ও স্থানীয় জনগণসহ নানা স্তরের মানুষ। নিউ জিল্যান্ডে বসবাসরত বাংলাভাষী অধিবাসীরাও সাহায্যের হাত বাড়িয়ে দিয়েছেন। তাদেরই একজন, ড. মোহাম্মদ মাহবুবুল হাছান কথা বলেছেন এসবিএস বাংলার সঙ্গে।
New Zealand's Prime Minister has described multiple shootings in Christchurch as causing "one of New Zealand's darkest days." - Waziri Mkuu wa New Zealand amesema mashambulizi kwa bunduki mjini Christchurch, kuwa yame sababisha moja ya siku mbaya zaidi nchini New Zealand.