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Turkey Uses Arrest to Claim US Terrorist Conspiracy
January 23, 2017
Pro-government news sources in Turkey have begun circulating conspiracy reports that an Islamic State sympathizer recently captured by Turkish authorities after perpetrating a New Year's Day terrorist attack is associated with U.S. "imperial, colonial efforts to weaken Turkey."
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German Officials Plan Social Media "Hate Speech" Fines
January 18, 2017
Bloomberg reports that German officials, including the country's Justice Minister Heiko Maas, have begun drafting legislation to fine social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter if they do not respond to complaints about hate speech on their platforms within 24 hours.
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UN Chief Addresses OIC Event on Anti-Muslim "Hatred"
January 18, 2017
In his recent address to an event co-organized by the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Western missions to the UN on "combating anti-Muslim discrimination and hatred," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on countries to combat a rising global tide of "anti-Muslim hate crimes" and all "other forms of bigotry."
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UN Officials Blame Prison Conditions for "Extremism"
January 18, 2017
As the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a manual on managing "violent extremist" prisoners and preventing radicalization in prison, UNODC officials pointed to poor prison conditions as a cause for radicalization and called for prison officials to follow global standards on the treatment of prisoners in dealing with "violent extremists."
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IS Drone Use Rises in Iraq, Syria
January 17, 2017
Forces fighting in the anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition report a significant uptick in the use of drones by IS fighters, fueling anticipation among Western military experts that IS will continue to improve its capacity to weaponize drones for lethal jihadi activities.
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