Emanuel StoakesEmanuel Stoakes

Emanuel Stoakes is a freelance journalist with a background in human rights and conflict reporting in Asia, now based in Christchurch. He has written for a range of outlets including The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New Humanitarian, Foreign Policy and The Spinoff.

Murder as ‘spectacle’: the alarming links between the Christchurch attack and those that followed

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Since March 15 2019, a string of lone actor, far-right copycat atrocities provide important clues to the kind of transnational, online movement we now confront, writes Emanuel Stoakes. Before storming the Al Noor Mosque, the would-be killer dressed in military fatigues, attempted a livestream and signalled his intent on an image board popular with communities … Read more