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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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“The house in Oświęcim where Rudolf Höss, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, lived with his family during the war has been sold. The new owner of the historic building, which borders the Auschwitz Memorial, is the American non-governmental organization Counter Extremism Project. Plans of the American organization in the former house of the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The American organization has decided to create a Center for Research, Education and Action against Anti-Semitism, Extremism and Radicalization in the former home of the Auschwitz concentration camp commandant, whose main goal will be to combat hate speech in public debate.”
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January 23, 2025
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“One day after the horrific attack in Aschaffenburg, many questions remain unanswered. In particular: How could this even happen? Enamullah O.* (28) was no stranger to the authorities. He was called out to police several times. He is said to have once strangled a Ukrainian woman. "How could the police fail so badly? They all knew that he wasn't right in the head," said an Afghan who lives in the same refugee shelter as O., stunned… The background to the attack in Aschaffenburg is still unclear. For Hans-Jakob Schindler, an expert at the Counter Extremism Project, the knife attack shows how tense the situation in Germany is. And that the authorities have a system problem. "At the moment, it looks as if the complex administrative processes for deportation from Germany were once again not implemented effectively," the former UN Security Council advisor on global terrorism sanctions told Blick.”
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January 23, 2025
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"However, such an official designation would signal an ideological reversal for the group with deep roots in the Levant, the territory of the IS caliphate that lasted from 2014 to 2019 and spanned Iraq and Syria. “That would create some kind of uproar within the community of supporters and sympathisers of IS,” said Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Counter-Extremism Project (CEP) think tank."
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January 23, 2025
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"The nonprofit Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is guiding the effort, which also includes a renovation of the former Block 17 prisoner barracks of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum to install a new permanent exhibition. Libeskind is himself the son of two Polish Holocaust survivors."
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January 23, 2025
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“Fifty-four state and international delegations have confirmed attendance at Friday's ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp, organizers announced… The American non-governmental organization Counter Extremism Project bought the building and will open it to visitors on January 27, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp… According to Polish and international media reports on Thursday, US Vice President JD Vance could represent the United States, but the Auschwitz Museum has not confirmed it.”
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January 23, 2025
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“Prevent had become a safeguarding crèche for unhappy teenagers who were unlikely ever to take up arms,” Professor Ian Acheson of the Counter Extremism Project has noted. “This distraction and mission creep — fuelled by an unjustifiable focus on far-right extremism — made it more likely highly dangerous people would fall through the cracks.”
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January 23, 2025
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“... On the sidelines of this ceremony, the Director-General of UNESCO will visit the future Auschwitz Centre on Hatred, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) created by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) under the patronage of UNESCO and in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. This research and education centre will be established in the former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss. On the occasion of this important commemoration, UNESCO is publishing three new guides intended to help teachers and journalists better combat Holocaust denial, distortion and instrumentalization of historical facts related to the Holocaust, as well as contemporary forms of anti-Semitism.”
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January 22, 2025
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"Located in the southern Polish city of Oświęcim, the three-story villa—which overlooks the world’s most notorious concentration camp—was purchased by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a U.S.-based NGO, and will open its doors to visitors on the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation."
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January 22, 2025
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"Ari Heistein, an Israel-based researcher with the Counter Extremism Project, said Houthi military leaders risk losing relevance in running their regime if they disconnect from electronic communications for prolonged periods."
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January 22, 2025
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“Israel's main objective in the war in Gaza was the eradication of Hamas, but that has not happened. Although the group's military capabilities and supply networks have been diminished, it could still regain strength as the dominant political force in Gaza, Hans-Jakob Schindler, a Middle East analyst with the Counter Extremism Project, told DW.”
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January 22, 2025
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