“The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that it was alarmed by continuing reports
of extrajudicial killings across Afghanistan, including hangings, behe

 

 


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CNN: UN Sounds Alarm Over Extrajudicial Killings In The Taliban's Afghanistan
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“The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that it was alarmed by continuing
reports of extrajudicial killings across Afghanistan, including hangings,
beheadings and public displays of corpses. “Between August and November, we
received credible allegations of more than 100 killings of former Afghan
national security forces and others associated with the former Government, with
at least 72 of these killings attributed to the Taliban,” Nada Al-Nashif, UN
deputy high commissioner for human rights, told the UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva. The Taliban have rejected the UN's findings, saying there was “no
proof” of the allegations. The group announced a general amnesty from August 15
and insisted that no one had been harmed after that. The Taliban's deputy
spokesman, Bilal Karimi, told CNN that they did not punish anyone who had
worked with the former government nor with ISIS without a court judgment. “All
personnel of [the] former government are living normally in Afghanistan, no one
hurts them,” he said, adding that people only “get killed when they are in
direct fights with the Islamic Emirate.” CNN cannot independently verify the
UN's findings. In her speech in Geneva, Al-Nashif also warned that a profound
humanitarian crisis threatens the most basic human rights in Afghanistan.”

 

Reuters: Politician Says Germany Should Ban Telegram Unless It Tackles
Extremist Content
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“Germany should order the messaging programme Telegram removed from Apple's
and Google's app stores if it continues to ignore requests to help track down
extremist content, a senior German official said on Tuesday. Telegram has been
blamed in Germany for fueling an increasingly virulent subculture of
anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists who exchange news about supposed dangers and
arrange protests that have spilled over into violence. The app, which says it
does not bow to “government censorship”, has become increasingly popular with
activists and protesters, especially as platforms like Facebook become more
responsive to government pressure to crack down on those spreading lies,
threats or conspiracy theories. Telegram did not immediately respond to a
request for comment. Last month, a group of protesters held a torch-lit
gathering outside the home of the regional interior minister of Saxony, in what
was widely seen as an implicit threat of violence against her. “What's
happening in Telegram groups and channels violates the compliance rules of
Apple and Google who offer it in their stores,” Boris Pistorius, regional
interior minister of Lower Saxony, told Der Spiegel.”

 

United States

 

NPR: D.C.'s Attorney General Is Suing The Proud Boys And Oath Keepers Over
Capitol Attack
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“The District of Columbia is suing two far-right groups, the Proud Boys and
the Oath Keepers, for allegedly conspiring to terrorize the city with the
violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The civil lawsuit was filed by
the district's attorney general, Karl Racine, in federal court in Washington,
D.C. It accuses the two groups, their leaders and more than two dozen suspected
members of coordinating and plotting violence on Jan. 6 to disrupt the peaceful
transfer of power. “In the complaint, we specifically allege that these
vigilantes, insurrectionists and masters of a lawless mob conspired against the
District of Columbia, its law enforcement officers and residents by planning,
promoting and participating in the violent attack on the United States
Capitol,” Racine told reporters on Tuesday. “Our own citizens were hellbent on
destroying the freedoms and ideals on which our country was founded and
continues to aspire to achieve,” he added. Racine called Jan. 6 a “brazen,
violent and deadly attack that traumatized this city, this community, and our
country.” The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers already are facing civil lawsuits
stemming from the events of Jan. 6 — one filed by members of Congress, another
by police officers. Like in those cases, the groups are accused in the
district's civil suit of violating the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, a law that was
passed after the Civil War to try to protect Black citizens from violence and
intimidation.”

 

Iraq

 

AFP: Iraq Hangs Three On ‘Terrorism’ Charges: Security Sources
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“Iraq on Tuesday hanged three men convicted of “terrorism” offenses in a
prison in the city of Nasiriyah in the mainly Shiite Muslim south, two security
sources told AFP. One of those executed was found guilty of involvement in a
summer 2013 car bombing in Nasiriyah, one of the sources said. A second was
convicted for his part in a similar attack in Karbala province further north,
the source added. Iraq executed more than 50 people in 2020, the fourth highest
number in the world, according to human rights group Amnesty International.
Many were convicted members of the Islamic State jihadist group. The group
overran large swathes of northern and western Iraq in a lighting offensive in
2014 before eventually succumbing to counter-attacks by government forces in
2017. Murder as well as terrorism offenses is punishable by death in Iraq.
Tuesday’s executions bring the number put to death this year to 17, according
to an AFP tally. All were executed in Nasiryah prison.”

 

Pakistan

 

BBC News: Srinagar: Three Dead, 11 Injured In Militant Attack On Police Bus
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“Three policemen were killed and 11 injured after militants attacked a bus
carrying security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, police officials said.
They said three militants fired indiscriminately on the bus near a police camp
in Srinagar city on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his
condolences, and has sought more details on the attack. The area has been
cordoned off, and a search operation is underway. Officials say the attack
happened when the policemen were returning to their campus after work, and that
the militants escaped under cover of darkness while security forces retaliated.
Two of the policemen - assistant sub-inspector Ghulam Hassan and constable
Safique Ali - died on Monday night, according to an official statement. A
third, constable Rameez Ahmad Baba, succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning.
Kashmir's inspector general Vijay Kumar said in a statement that “credible
sources revealed that the attack was carried by Kashmir Tigers, an offshoot of
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)”. JeM, a Pakistan-based group, has been designated a
terror organisation by India and the United Nations, as well as the UK and US.
It previously claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on 14 February 2019
in Kashmir in which at least 46 soldiers died.”

 

Lebanon

 

Associated Press: Hamas Accuses Rival Fatah Of Deadly Shooting In Lebanon Camp
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“Hamas officials buried three of their members Tuesday who were killed by
gunfire in a tense Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon days earlier.
The militant group accused members of a rival faction of the deadly shooting.
Ayman Shanaa, an official with the militant group, told mourners that Fatah
militia members were behind the shootings, which he called a “heinous and
cowardly crime.” There are tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their
descendants in Lebanon, most living in refugee camps. Fatah is the political
faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas rules the Gaza Strip.
The deadly violence took place at a Hamas-organized funeral Sunday in the Burj
Shamali camp. Shanaa called it “a premeditated crime” that aims to undermine
security and stability in the refugee camps in Lebanon. The funeral was held in
the southern city of Sidon and attended by several thousand people, many of
whom raised the green Hamas flag. Shanaa called for handing the perpetrators
“known to all” to the Lebanese security agencies. Lebanese security forces
don’t operate inside about 12 Palestinian refugee camps scattered around the
Mediterranean country, where security is in the hands of Palestinian factions
who often compete for clout.”

 

Reuters: GCC Calls On Lebanon To Prevent Hezbollah From Conducting 'Terrorist
Operations'
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“The Gulf Cooperation Council called on Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah from
conducting “terrorist operations”, strengthen its military and ensure that arms
are limited to “legitimate state institutions”, the six-member group's
Secretary General Nayef Falah Mubarak al-Hajraf said on Tuesday. He also called
on Lebanon to tighten border controls and take measures to deter drug smuggling
via exports into Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.”

 

Middle East

 

The Jerusalem Post: Terrorist Cell Uncovered By IDF, Shin Bet At Largest PA
University
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“Terrorist infrastructure at the largest Palestinian university, An-Najah
National University was uncovered by a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation, IDF
Spokesperson for Arab Media Avichay Adraee announced on Tuesday. 11 Islamic
Bloc student activists involved in Hamas operations in Judea and Samaria were
arrested on campus in Nablus. According to Adraee's tweets, the suspects were
involved in the “transfer of funds and organizing rallies in support of Hamas,
in addition to incitement campaigns under the supervision and direction of
senior Hamas officials.” Adraee warned of students being recruited to Hamas
through the Islamic Bloc, which indoctrinated students into adopting Hamas's
ideology. The Islamic Bloc demonstrated a “readiness to work” with the
terrorist group, which covered students' university tuition fees. Adraee added
that in recent years, a number of terrorist cells that had planned operations
had members that belonged to the Islamic Bloc at An-Najah University. With
23,000 students and 11 faculties, An-Najah National University is the largest
Palestinian higher learning institution in the West Bank. An-Najah University
ranked 1st among Palestinian institutions, 11th in Arab World, and among the
top 100 in the Times Higher Education Emerging Economies Ranking for 2022.”

 

Nigeria

 

Sahara Reporters: Northeast Governors Say Mass Surrender Of “Boko Haram
Fighters Is Evidence Of Significant Improvement In Security Situation” Despite
Rising Kidnappings, Killings In Region
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“The North-East Governors’ Forum has concluded its closed-door meeting in
Damaturu, Yobe State capital and come out with a five-point communique. The
meeting, which is the Forum’s sixth, was led by the Chairman of the North-East
Governors’ Forum and Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum. It was hosted by
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State. Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya was
present while the deputy governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, and Taraba represented
by their governors. At the end of the meeting on Tuesday night, the Forum
issued a five-point communique, mostly bordering on security and power supply.
The communique was signed by the Forum’s Chairman and Borno State Governor,
Zulum and read out by Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State. Ironically, the
communique noted significant improvement in the security situation in the
region, attributing it to the ‘mass surrender’ of Boko Haram terrorists, even
though the residents of the region are being killed and kidnapped almost on a
daily basis. The communique said, “The Forum noted the significant improvement
in the security situation in the sub-region as evidenced by the mass surrender
of Boko Haram fighters and commended the Federal Government for its various
initiatives towards stabilising the sub-region.”

 

Somalia

 

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“Somali National Army (SNA) killed five al-Shabab fighters in the past 24
hours in an operation in southern Somalia. Somali National Army said they also
destroyed Al-Shabaab bases where they used to attack the government in Gambaley
and Da'waalle villages in Lower Shabelle region. In a related development,
Alshabaab militants have vacated mataban town in the Hiraan region for unknown
reasons. Matabaan is located in some 100km south of the Galmudug capital,
Dhusamareb. The militants recaptured the town Monday morning and took over the
police station. Despite being ousted from major strongholds across Somalia,
Al-Shabab, allied to al-Qaida, has been attacking military positions of Somali
and African Union troops bolstering Somalia's government. They have also taken
a number of towns in central Somalia, including Ba'adwayne over the past
months.”

 

Africa

 

The Christian Post: ISIS Extremists In Mozambique Enslaved Hundreds Of Women,
Girls As Sex Slaves: Watchdog
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“Militants linked to the Islamic State terror group in the southern African
country of Mozambique have enslaved more than 600 women and girls, many of
which have been abused and sold as sex slaves for as low as $600, a report by
Human Rights Watch reveals. The United Kingdom-based watchdog organization
reports that the armed group Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah, also known as Al-Shabab, in
the northern province of Cabo Delgado has forced younger, healthy-looking and
lighter-skinned women and girls in their custody to “marry” their fighters.
Others have been sold to foreign fighters for between $600 and $1,800,
according to the report. And, abducted foreign women and girls have been
released after their families paid ransom. The oil-rich Cabo Delgado province,
a coastal region on the Indian Ocean, has suffered an emergence of a jihadi
movement that has displaced thousands and killed hundreds since 2017. In 2018,
the terror group pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
In 2019, the Islamic State confirmed the group as an affiliate and has claimed
responsibility for some attacks. Militants abducted women and girls during
attacks in various Cabo Delgado districts.”

 

United Kingdom

 

BBC News: Birmingham Woman Shared Extremist Material On Social Media
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“A woman has been found guilty of terrorism charges after sharing extreme
videos online. Aaminah Amatullah, 38, posted what police called “extremist
mindset material” on a number of social media websites. She sent videos to an
online contact who was in fact an undercover police officer in September 2020.
At Birmingham Crown Court on Monday, she was found guilty of two terrorism
offences which she had denied.

Amatullah, of Livingstone Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, will return for
sentencing on 27 January. “We cannot underestimate the dangerous nature of
extremist propaganda and the influence it can have,” Ch Supt Kenny Bell, from
the West Midlands Counter-Terrorism unit, said. “Communities defeat terrorism,
and it remains vitally important that the public reports any suspicious
activity to police.”

 

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