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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June 3, 2020
CEP Webinar "Can Convicted Terrorists Be Rehabilitated?"
Many terrorist offenders imprisoned in the European Union and the United States will be released in the coming years. The significant increase in convictions of Foreign Terrorist Fighters since 2014 has created a larger than ever terrorism-related...
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May 25, 2020
CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: "How To Map The Muslim Brotherhood’s Presence In An Uncharted Region?"
On May 25, 2020, The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Bratislava, Slovakia-based think tank GLOBSEC hosted a webinar discussion, launching the first report on mapping Muslim Brotherhood activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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May 18, 2020
CEP-KAS Webinar: Cryptocurrencies And Terrorism Financing
CEP and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) host to discuss the latest findings of a report by CEP and Berlin Risk, a German financial and political consultancy company based in Berlin, "Cryptocurrencies as Threats to Public Security and Counter...
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May 6, 2020
CEP Webinar: "Terrorist Content Online Regulation in the EU” – Roderik De Turck
On May 6, 2020, CEP hosted a webinar that focused on the objective and implications of new online content moderation regulation and legislation and the status of the discussions surrounding them. It also addressed critical issues like automated...
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May 6, 2020
CEP Webinar: "Terrorist Content Online Regulation in the EU” – Alexander Ritzmann (CEP)
On May 6, 2020, CEP hosted a webinar that focused on the objective and implications of new online content moderation regulation and legislation and the status of the discussions surrounding them. It also addressed critical issues like automated...
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April 30, 2020
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on DW News' The Day
On DW News' "The Day with Brent Goff", Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses Germany's designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, including its criminal activities and role in conflicts around the world such as Syria.
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April 30, 2020
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on Deutsche Welle News
Following the German government's designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its entirety, banning all activities of the group in the country, CEP's Dr. Schindler explained the context and consequences of such a move.
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April 29, 2020
CEP Webinar “Current global threat posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda" – Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler (CEP)
On April 29, 2020, CEP senior director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler presented the latest CEP policy paper “Financing of Terrorism and Social Media Platforms”. The paper is based on recent CEP research concerning the major defensive mechanisms social...
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April 29, 2020
CEP Webinar: "Current global threat posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda" – Edmund Fitton-Brown (U.N.)
The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also...
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April 29, 2020
CEP Webinar “Current global threat posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda" – Jacqueline Shire (U.N.)
The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also...
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