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December 1, 2020

CEP Webinar referenced: "Tanya Mehra, a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague, says the repatriation of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) is the 'only way forward' ... Speaking in a webinar hosted by...

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December 1, 2020

Tanzania, Mozambique Join Forces To Fight Growing Islamist Insurgency

Last week, Tanzania and Mozambique announced they would begin conducting joint operations against Islamist militants along their shared border. The cooperation was spurred by attacks by ISIS-affiliated militants from Mozambique on Tanzanian villages...

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November 30, 2020

CEP report referenced in Irish press: "Earlier this month, a study commissioned by the German foreign ministry found far right militants were increasingly forming global links and using the pandemic to attract anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy...

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November 30, 2020

"A probe by the Counter Extremism Project and this newspaper found each of the five videos, uploaded between November 15 and 19, had an average of 200 views... And it is the latest by the CEP -- a non-partisan organisation headed by former political...

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November 30, 2020

"The State & FTFs With Islamist & Right-Wing Extremist Backgrounds" | Tanya Mehra

On November 30, 2020, CEP convened the webinar: "The State And Foreign (Terrorist) Fighters With Islamist And Right-Wing Extremist Backgrounds". In this video, Tanya Mehra gives a presentation on the current European repatriation and prosecution...

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November 30, 2020

"The State & FTFs With Islamist & Right-Wing Extremist Backgrounds" | Kacper Rekawek, PhD

On November 30, 2020, CEP convened the webinar: "The State And Foreign (Terrorist) Fighters With Islamist And Right-Wing Extremist Backgrounds". In this video, Kacper Rekawek, PhD gives a presentation on current European policies dealing with...

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November 30, 2020

The Afterlives of Extremist Foreign Fighters in Ukraine | Kacper Rekawek, PhD

In the latest video on the fate of extremist foreign fighters in Ukraine, CEP Affiliated Researcher Kacper Rekawek looks at one case that has the markings of all the possible fates of foreign fighters: injuries, arrests, returns home, returns to the...

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November 30, 2020

"Al-Adel played 'a crucial role in building Al-Qaeda’s operational capabilities and quickly ascended the hierarchy', according to the Counter Extremism Project. He currently lives in Iran, and operates as one of Al-Zawahiri’s chief deputies...

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November 27, 2020

CEP affiliated Researcher Dr. Kacper Rekawek spoke with TVN24's flagship show Fakty about the CEP study commissioned by the German Foreign Ministry and the topic of the threat of extreme right wing fighters: "Doktor Kacper Rękawek jest jednym z...

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November 27, 2020

CEP Senior Advisor Prof. Ian Acheson writes: "My organisation, the Counter Extremism Project, in association with the University of Staffordshire has just launched a year-long study into the phenomenon of ‘Disguised compliance’ in terrorist offenders...

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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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