CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The Home Secretary has admitted a thing that has long been known to those of us without close protection officers: that in many communities, people often feel that ‘crime has no consequences’. "

Eye on Extremism: August 13, 2024

“Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations’ Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture and vehicles, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday. The seizure was the latest move in a crackdown by the...

Eye on Extremism: August 12, 2024

“The United Nations counterterrorism chief said Europe faces a more acute threat from ISIS-K, the Islamic State affiliate to whom a 19-year old man pledged allegiance before plotting to terrorize Taylor Swift's concertgoers in Vienna this week...

"The Counter Extremism Project has also warned of the threat from 'active clubs', which were created in the United States in 2020 to 'make fascism fun'."

"But the Counter Extremism Project said there was increasing evidence to suggest the network’s main objective was the creation of 'shadow militias' that could be called upon for violent action."

Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Celebrates Anti-Muslim and Anti-Immigrant Riots on Telegram and X

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, multiple extreme right Telegram channels celebrated and promoted anti...

The Recent Houthi Attack on Israel

Since 2023, the Counter Extremism Project released a series of reports highlighting key aspects of the Houthi terrorist group’s operational structure: a structure that allows the organization to procure weapons and ammunition, suppress women...

"'Was it embarrassing? Absolutely,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project. 'But was it a security threat to the Olympics and its participants? Absolutely not.' 'They’ve done a fairly good job at making sure that...

Eye on Extremism: August 9, 2024

“Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star’s...

"That afternoon, one policy body, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), was invited to discuss its submission, which chiefly focuses on warning of what it describes as the 'next challenge' to be posed by Australian neo-Nazis: the adoption of the...