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March 1, 2023

"A new U.S. report said following the collapse of Afghanistan, the Taliban acquired a national database of biometric information. The report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that the Taliban are using it to track...

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February 21, 2023

"Read also: In Germany, the Parliament recognizes that the Yazidis suffered a “genocide” in Iraq and Syria “It is important that we plan to try ‘returned’ women [rapatriées]not only for belonging to ISIS but for crimes against Yazidis”, comments...

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February 21, 2023

"« Il est important que l’on projette de juger des femmes “retournées” [rapatriées], non seulement pour appartenance à l’EI mais pour les crimes contre les yézidis », commente Sofia Koller, de l’ONG américaine Counter Extremism Project. "

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February 15, 2023

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "In the past, without social media and the internet, if you had some wacky conspiratorial idea, until you actually found someone who held the same beliefs, it was a real effort. You had to go...

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February 14, 2023

"There is an absence of data on violent right-wing extremists' financial strategies in many countries because there has been an absence of targeted and systematic law enforcement investigations. There has not yet been enough current and in-depth...

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February 6, 2023

CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann and CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller write: "[Translation] Radicalisation, extremism and terrorism are neither purely domestic nor solely foreign policy challenges for the security of the Federal Republic...

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February 1, 2023

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremist Project, sees an alarming growth in terrorism emanating from Afghanistan.

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January 26, 2023

"'All of this, for a quite a few years, was fairly harmless,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former German diplomat and a director at the Counter Extremism Project. 'They got fines and they harassed local authorities, but they weren’t planning large...

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January 25, 2023

"On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, says that while recent mass shootings in California are different in theory...

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January 20, 2023

"Azov Movement “has strong ties to far-right extremists in many EU countries and the U.S.,” said Alexander Ritzmann, a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, in an interview with Euronews. The Azov Regiment that is fighting against Russian...