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Iran Uses Media as Soft-Power Tool Abroad
April 13, 2018
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Asma Jahangir's posthumous report on Iran detail the use by the Islamic Republic of its media platform Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting as a soft-power, information-operations tool to promote Islamic revolution abroad and violate the human rights of domestic opponents.
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CoE Movement Targets "Hate Speech" as Rights Violation
April 13, 2018
At a recent conference hosted by the Council of Europe (CoE), members of national campaign committees of the youth campaign called "No Hate Speech Movement" highlighted the movement's efforts since 2012 to encourage the recognition by governments and others of online "hate speech" as a violation of human rights.
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CoE Committee Presents Anti-Radicalization Proposals
April 12, 2018
The Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee of Ministers has adopted a recommendation outlining measures member states should take in preventing the radicalization of individuals in their territories and calling for increased international cooperation to deal with the issue of "lone wolf" terrorist attacks and foreign fighters returning from Iraq and Syria.
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German Official Supports Removal of Migrants over Anti-Semitism
April 11, 2018
Deutsche Welle reports that German Deputy Minister of the Interior Stephan Mayer has supported a proposal to remove migrants who have committed an offense motivated by anti-Semitism, as such action shows they "oppose the core values and beliefs of our democratic system."
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IS Operatives Face Death Penalty for Attacks in Egypt
April 11, 2018
36 operatives from an Egyptian branch of the Islamic State (IS) face possible death sentences after a Cairo military tribunal found them guilty of a spate of lethal attacks in 2016 and 2017 against Coptic Christian Churches and an Egyptian military checkpoint.