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Emanuel Stoakes

@EmanuelStoakes

Emanuel Stoakes is a freelance journalist based in New Zealand and South East Asia. His work typically pertains to conflict and human rights. He has written for The Independent, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera and Foreign Policy, among other outlets.

Members of the Mongrel Mob, New Zealand’s best-known gang, have vowed to provide security outside mosques
Australasia

New Zealand united in grief: ‘He is alone, everyone else is together’

A police officer stands outside Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch
Australasia

New Zealand in shock but people vow love will shine through

A floral tribute is seen on Linwood Avenue near the Linwood Masjid in Christchurch
Australasia

Sleepy Christchurch reels from country’s worst terror attack

Bahrainis on an anti-government protest in May
Comment

Hussain Jawad's detainment and torture highlights Britain's shameless

Maryam al-Khawaja was arrested by authorities in Bahrain while attempting to visit the country from Denmark
Comment

Bahrain's detention of Maryam Al-Khawaja is an affront to justice

Comment

A Burma in thrall to extremists risks becoming deadly

Snowden's revelations have sparked outrage about the scope of government snooping (Reuters)
Comment

Why the Government must face up to Edward Snowden's growing indictment

Seleka soldiers race through Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, as gunfire and mortar rounds erupt, when at least 105 people were killed in sectarian violence
Comment

This time, it's a crisis in the Central African Republic that we're

Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon, last month
Comment

Aung San Suu Kyi is only the latest to fail the Rohingya. More of this

Protesters dressed as David Cameron and Thein Sein outside parliament in July
Comment

Britain surely knows how bad things are for Burma's minorities. So why

A TV screen shows Edward Snowden appearing on the news, at a restaurant in Hong Kong
Comment

Edward Snowden reminds us just how vital whistleblowers are to a

The order marked 'Top Secret' and issued by the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court directs Verizon's Business Network Services Inc and Verizon Business Services units to hand over electronic data including all calling records on an 'ongoing, daily basis' until the order expires on 19 July, 2013
Comment

The Verizon phone record sweep is ‘nowhere near constitutional’,

Rohingya Muslims displaced from their homes by communal violence
Comment

Serious ethical questions surround the west’s deepening of ties with

Comment

Serious ethical questions surround the west’s deepening of ties with

Rohingya Muslims displaced from their homes by communal violence
Comment

The Rohingya of Burma are on the edge of disaster. Why won't the world

A man sits on the ruins of what was once his house and workshop, destroyed the day before by a 500lb bomb allegedly dropped by the Syrian airforce
Comment

International Humanitarian Law must be bolstered to prevent the

Comment

Obama is set to visit Burma - but will he help the tormented Rohingya

Comment

The world must act to protect Burma’s Rohingya from starvation and

Comment

The world must act to protect Burma’s Rohingya from starvation and

Comment

America’s vast domestic surveillance regime is an affront to

Comment

British digital freedoms are under threat. The public should fight

Comment

It's time we faced up to the failures of drone warfare

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