"The “CEP (Counter Extremism Project) will transform the former Commandant’s House into the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization (ARCHER),” the nonprofit says in a press release."

“… Last summer, Jurczak sold his home to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), an NGO that has been fighting extremism since its creation in 2014, and has now decided to open the doors of this three-story house to the public. On January 27, coinciding...

Eye on Extremism: January 22, 2025

“The Kurdish forces guarding Islamic State fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra hardline group and monitor its attempts to re...

Counter Extremism Project Announces Purchase of Former Home of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss and Its Transformation Into a Center for Research, Education, and Action on Antisemitism, Extremism, and Radicalization

Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace announces the purchase of the former home of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss. The property, located at House Numbers 88 and 88a on ul. Legionów in Oświęcim, Poland, sits directly...

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Telegram Channels Identify Need for Alternative Platform After State Department’s Terrorgram Collective Designation

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, white supremacist Telegram channels noted the U.S. State Department’s...

CEP Analyst Greg Waters writes: "Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine spread rapidly across Facebook. The video was quickly debunked as several weeks old, the...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The assailant in the Southport massacre has pleaded guilty to the murders of three children in the town last year. Keir Starmer has leapt with unusual speed to authorise a public inquiry into what drove Axel...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "We are rapidly becoming a low trust society and this has serious implications for ‘community cohesion.’ The term, coined by academics after the 2011 riots has lately become a soubriquet for institutional...

Eye on Extremism: January 21, 2025

“Around 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were freed from Israeli jails and into the occupied West Bank on Sunday, as part of an exchange under ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel that went into effect Sunday morning. Their release comes...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson quoted: "Writing in today’s Times, Ian Acheson, who held senior positions at several prisons including governor of HMP Erlestoke, John Podmore, the former governor at HMP Belmarsh and HMP Brixton, and Professor David...