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"The US-based Counter Extremism Project claims that several hundred 'Western individuals with extreme right wing or nationalist convictions' have travelled to fight for ideologically aligned militias in Ukraine, such as Right Sector, since fighting began in 2014."

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January 2, 2023
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"'Jane's Revenge has no known hierarchal structure. Its messaging supports autonomous networks and the group's driving leadership has not publicly revealed itself,' according to the non-profit, non-partisan Counter Extremism Project."

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December 30, 2022
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CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown quoted: "One reason for the breakdown – both the Islamic State, known as IS, ISIS or Daesh, and al-Qaida suffered significant setbacks in 2022.

'It was certainly a year of decapitations,' Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former senior United Nations counterterrorism official, told VOA."

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December 29, 2022
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"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) think tank said it has received reports from officials in countries neighbouring Afghanistan that the Taliban has been giving passports to terrorists following the group's takeover of the country last year."

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December 22, 2022
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"Alexander Ritzmann, a researcher at the German Counter Extremism Project, noted in an article on the Euronews site that many reports about the Azov Regiment suffer from a 'complete lack of nuance' as the regiment is separate from the far-right Azov Movement."

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December 20, 2022
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"Only two days before the Moore County power grid attack, Uncle Ben’s Cabin was kicked off of TamTam, following a report by the New York-based nonprofit Counter Extremism Project. In a report released on Dec. 1, the nonprofit reported that TamTam removed 18 channels that promoted 'neo-Nazi accelerationism and acts of terrorism.'"

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December 20, 2022
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"According to the Counter Extremism Project, Jane's Revenge is an extremist pro-abortion rights group that emerged after the leak of the expected U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The group has been linked to attacks at pro-life centers across the nation."

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December 19, 2022
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "The 25 people that were arrested is not the end of the story. There are additional people that are under investigation and the number keeps growing. They all belong, at the core of it, to a movement that is called the Reichsbürger, which holds old neo-Nazi beliefs really prevalent since 1945 in Germany that the Deutsche Reich did not end with the end of the Second World War and the foundation of the Federal Republic, but continues and therefore all political institutions, on the local, state, and federal level are therefore inherently illegal."

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December 14, 2022
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"Last week, German police arrested 25 members of a far-right group who were plotting a coup. What is the Reichsbürger movement? How dangerous are they? And what does this incident tell us about the nature of political extremism in Europe -- and closer to home? To answer these questions, Paul is joined by Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project."

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December 14, 2022
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Loyalist terrorists who committed atrocities while the Troubles were running hot were frequently hunted down and rightly banged up by the police and security services. Their republican counterparts committed countless similar crimes but have evaded accountability on a far more frequent basis."

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December 13, 2022
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