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Indictment of Al Shabaab Operative Reveals Plot for Terror Attack in U.S. Soil
December 21, 2020
A New York Federal court indicted a Kenyan member of the Somali based al Qaeda affiliate, al Shabaab, on multiple charges related to his plan to execute a 9/11 style terrorist attack on a major American city.
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Saudi Prosecutor Seeks Maximum Penalty for Women's Rights Activist
December 21, 2020
The Guardian reports that judges in the terrorism court of Saudi Arabia are seeking the maximum jail sentence against a high-profile women’s rights activist, Loujain al-Hathoul, on charges of terrorism, citing her advocacy for an end to the Wahhabi-based guardianship laws that render women second-class citizens.
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14 Charged in 2015 Paris Terror Attacks
December 17, 2020
A Paris court has found 14 people guilty of involvement in a series of deadly militant Islamist attacks including the January 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine, a policewoman and a Jewish supermarket that left 17 people dead.
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Boko Haram Claims Credit for Hundreds of Kidnapped School Boys in Nigeria
December 16, 2020
The Guardian Reports that the Nigerian Government is under pressure to better protect its citizens as attacks and kidnappings abound in the country, including the most recent kidnapping of hundreds of school boys supposedly by the Islamist group Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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NGO's Report Repression of Christians Under Turkish Regime
December 15, 2020
Data analyzed by non-governmental organizations working on religious freedom in Turkey report that Christian communities are subjected to systematic violations of human rights, including discrimination and persecution by the Islamo-nationalist regime.
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