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August 2, 2024

Ten Years on from the Yazidi Genocide: Victims of Kidnapping and Enslavement Still Await Justice

Tomorrow marks ten years since ISIS launched an assault on the Yazidi religious minority in the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq—the beginning of a sustained campaign of oppression and violence carried out by ISIS against the Yazidi community.

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August 2, 2024

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "I s there any point in rehabilitating prisoners sentenced to ‘whole life’ tariffs, who will die in custody? Today’s announcement banning such prisoners from a fundamental human right – to get married – would...

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August 2, 2024

"Former prison governor Prof Ian Acheson, now a specialist at the Counter Extremism Project think tank, told The National the events show the need for stricter regulation of social media."

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August 2, 2024

"The Counter Extremism Project says the goal of Active Clubs is 'to build a shadow militia while evading law enforcement scrutiny'. 'Active Clubs pretend to have deradicalised and to only focus on sports and brotherhood,' the project's Alexander...

Extremism News Roundup

August 1, 2024

Eye on Extremism: August 1, 2024

“Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran, both attributed to Israel and targeting high-ranking figures in Hamas and Hezbollah, have left Hezbollah and Iran in a quandary. Analysts agree that both strikes hit too close to home to pass without a...

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CounterPoint Brief: Death of Hamas Commander Mohammed Deif

Today, nearly three weeks after an air-strike targeting senior Hamas leaders in the vicinity of Khan Younis, Gaza—and in the wake of a slew of assassinations and deaths of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders including Ismail Haniyeh and Fuad Shukr—the...

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August 1, 2024

"Would Israel's missile defense system 'Iron Dome' withstand an attack from different fronts? 'The 'Iron Dome' offers sufficient protection in the current situation, but in the event of a broad confrontation with Hezbollah, the system would very...

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July 31, 2024

CEP Statement on Killing of Hamas Leader Haniyeh

Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend released the following statement regarding the death in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh:

Extremism News Roundup

July 31, 2024

Eye on Extremism: July 31, 2024

“Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early on Wednesday morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said, drawing threats of revenge on Israel in a region already shaken by the war in Gaza and a deepening conflict in Lebanon...

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July 31, 2024

"Palestinian militant group Hamas’ top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital of Tehran, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for the shock assassination. Iran’s supreme leader...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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