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Dec 13, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Adam Rousselle

IntroductionExtremist groups increasingly target ethnic Tajiks for recruitment through sophisticated online propaganda campaigns, resulting in some of the world’s most horrific terrorist attacks over the past year, including those in Kerman, Iran and Moscow, Russia.

Dec 11, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Heron Lopes

Dec 4, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Peter SMith |Peter Smith |Sharon Adarlo

IntroductionAs heavy metal music begins to play on a video, a black and white face appears on the screen, eyes cold and staring into the viewer. Written across the person’s face in English are the words “Please stop me.” The still image quickly changes to a video of a man on the ground. Three unseen individuals, including the person holding the camera, beat and kick the man as the letters “M.K.Y.” are superimposed over the footage.

Nov 25, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Adam Rousselle

IntroductionOn 17 September, al-Qaeda-affiliated Malian terror group Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) carried out a series of attacks in the country’s capital of Bamako, targeting a military police training camp and the Modibo Keita International Airport. One anonymous security source claimed that 77 people died in these attacks, with 255 more wounded.

Nov 21, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Sofia Schurig

IntroductionThe emergence of extremist ideologies in Brazil, particularly through the Telegram network known as Terrorgram, presents a grave threat to youth radicalisation and public safety. This Insight examines the alarming proliferation of accelerationist and neo-Nazi propaganda infiltrating local online communities and social media platforms, which has led to a disturbing rise in violent incidents among Brazilian youth.