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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project Ian Acheson writes: "But how do we spot, track and stop the descent of people into violent extremism before they act? A foolproof system would destroy our civil liberties — the very thing the terrorist...
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"Director of the Counter Extremism Project think tank, Hans-Jakob Schindler, said there was still a significant terror threat in Europe. 'Only a few weeks into the pandemic, ISIS began calling again on its members to conduct attacks again,"'Mr...
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"The Counter Extremism Project reports that 'Tajideen was arrested on an INTERPOL warrant five days after his indictment at Casablanca’s airport in Morocco while traveling from Guinea to Beirut...'"
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CEP Europe Senior Adviser Lucinda Creighton writes: "Never before has a situation demonstrated such a broad consensus for taking extra measures to regulate content online as the coronavirus has. At the same time, digital rights defenders and...
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"Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst for the Counter Extremism Project, said the messaging is dangerous regardless of intent. 'Putting this out there into the public sphere — we do not know who is going to see that and take it to heart,' he said...
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"Extremist groups used the reopen rallies and their online communities to recruit followers who view government-mandated quarantine as overreach, an important part of far-right ideology, said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the nonprofit Counter...
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CEP Senior Advsier Dr. Hany Farid writes: "In the past, tech industry giants such as Google have argued that it is pointless to block certain websites because they simply emerge under slightly modified names—thus leading to an endless whack-a-mole...
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Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, CEP Senior Director, discusses the significance of the killing of Abdelmalek Droukdel, the longtime leader of al-Qaida’s North African arm, in Mali.
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CEP Research Analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch speaks with Newsy about how the extreme right is using protests as an opportunity to recruit.
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"...Joshua Lipowsky, senior research analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, warned that the IOU's teaching risked radicalising students as he urged mainstream institutions to disassociate themselves from it."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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