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CEP started a European branch on Monday (29 June) and says it will continue targeting extremists' activity on social media here. The group was founded last September in the US, where it focuses its attention on extremist activity on Twitter.
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The internet is rightly celebrated for revolutionising the nature of global communications. We have seen what it can achieve for social justice and political change: the internet has demanded transparency, it has shone a light on oppressive regimes...
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Former diplomats, government officials and private-sector leaders from the United States, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom launched CEP Europe on June 29. C EP Europe marks the first international expansion of the Counter Extremism Project, a...
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The Counter Extremism Project Europe today condemned terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and called for a sustained and coordinated effort across continents to combat this continuing threat to peace and security.
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Brussels – In an unprecedented effort to combat extremism, the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe) is uniting individuals and groups across Europe to counter radicalisation at its core. CEP Europe will begin its work by unveiling a double...
CounterPoint Blog
The number of foreign fighters who have joined ISIS now exceeds 20,000, illustrating the effectiveness of the group's recruitment strategies. Governments and private groups like CEP are experimenting with a variety of initiatives designed to counter...
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CEP mourns the tragic slaying of nine innocent African American citizens gathered for Bible study in a Charleston, South Carolina church and condemns this vicious and cowardly crime motivated by hate and extremism.
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The Counter Extremism Project released new resources on Nasir al-Wuhayshi, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen, and his successor, senior military commander Qasim al-Raymi. U.S. officials...
CounterPoint Blog
“Turkey narrowly averted a disaster,” stated the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) leader, Selahattin Demirtas after Turkish voters pushed his party past the 10 percent electoral threshold necessary to qualify for seats in the parliament. The...
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CEP is releasing updated resources on Moktar Belmoktar, the elusive and deadly African extremist leader who was reportedly targeted by a U.S. airstrike in Libya on June 14. Belmoktar was a co-founder al-Queda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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