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Magazine Cover Provokes Renewed Debate Over Wahhabism
June 04, 2018
A Vogue Arabia cover featuring a Saudi princess, intended to showcase the reformist agenda exemplified in the Islamic kingdom’s end to the ban on female driving, has provoked a social media backlash highlighting the recent spate of arrests in the country of women’s rights activists pushing for an end to male guardianship laws and other gender restrictions.
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UN Bodies Collaborate on Comprehensive Approach to Extremism
June 01, 2018
At a recent meeting showcasing the UN system's "all of society" approach to the prevention of "violent extremism" that leads to terrorism, the UN Development Programme and the UN Office of Counter-terrorism agreed to enhance their cooperation in countering extremism, including by developing National Action Plans on combating extremism for requesting countries.
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OSCE Hosts Spanish Police Training on Rights, Terrorism
June 01, 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights recently held a training session for Spanish police officers pushing them to consider international human-rights standards as "a central part" of their role in preventing terrorism and countering violent extremism.
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NGO Criticizes Indonesian Counter-Terrorism Law
June 01, 2018
A press release from Amnesty International warns that a new Indonesian counter-terrorism law, passed in response to a series of recent terror attacks and permitting police new powers to detain suspects without trial and expanding the scope of the death penalty, violates internationally recognized rights to a fair trial and against cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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US Strikes Degrade Resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan
May 31, 2018
US forces in Afghanistan staged a series of targeted strikes that killed senior Taliban leaders in operations aimed at degrading the continuing resilience of the Islamist extremist group across the country.
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