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Kurdish-led Forces Capture US Teen on Syrian Battlefield
January 10, 2019
The capture of a 16-year-old American teen by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces marks the first minor among the estimated 55 US citizens who joined the Islamic State (IS) and raises complex questions about the repatriation and trial of American nationals who supported the IS jihad.
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UK Prison Expert Recommends Isolation of Islamists
January 10, 2019
According to a former British prison governor who led a government-commissioned review of Islamic extremism in the UK penal system, prison authorities should separate Islamist extremists from other inmates in UK prisons to prevent British prisons from becoming jihadi incubators.
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CoE Committee Calls on Switzerland to Snuff out “Intolerance”
January 10, 2019
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities has demanded that Switzerland “condemn all instances of intolerance in public discourse” and “investigate and prosecute the perpetrators.”
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CoE Official Warns of Impacts of Counterterror Laws on Speech
January 10, 2019
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović recently published an article identifying the abuse of counterterrorism legislation as a threat to free expression in Europe, finding authorities are using vague terms such as “glorification of terrorism” as a catch-all to crack down on a broad variety of speech.
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EU Agency Launches “Anti-Muslim Hatred Database”
January 10, 2019
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has published an “anti-Muslim hatred database” to educate policymakers on developing laws and policies that protect Muslims from “hate crime, hate speech and discrimination” across the EU.
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