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• Terror threat in the Netherlands ’substantial’

  22 December 2008, by News Agencies
  According to Dutch government counter-terrorism chief Tjibbe Joustra, the threat of a terrorist attack in the Netherlands is higher than ever. At present, the threat level rests at its second highest level – «substantial.» Justra, however, said that he believes the level should be set to «substantial plus.» He dies not say what specific threats have lead to this occasion.

• TERROR INVESTIGATION: German Islamist Resurfaces by Video from Afghanistan

  22 December 2008, by Spiegel Online
  Eric Breininger has been one of Germany’s most-wanted men since he joined the Islamist Jihad Union terrorist organization. He’s now resurfaced in a video from Afghanistan. His message: He has no plans for an attack against Germany. German officials have been looking for the young man for months. It is a search that has spanned the globe, but which had largely been fruitless. Until Tuesday that is, when Eric Breininger, a young German man from the western state of Saarland, popped up in an Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) terror video claiming he is currently in Afghanistan.

• UNMIK/Kosovo: monitoring of the implementation of minority rights continues

  22 December 2008, by Conseil de l’Europe
  UNMIK (the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) progress report on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) in Kosovo is now public. This report provides information on the measures taken to follow up on the 2006 recommendations of the FCNM monitoring bodies.

• Europe: Islamic groups in Europe condemn Mumbai attacks

  22 December 2008, by News Agencies
  The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) condemned the «inexcusable and reprehensible» terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. «The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe reminds of the vital importance of exercising self-restraint, and respect for the principle of peaceful coexistence and harmony in community relations in the multi-ethnic Indian society,» said a statement released by the Organization.

• Police arrest two terrorism suspects

  22 December 2008, by News Agencies
  Milan police arrested two Moroccan-born men on charges of plotting attacks against Italian targets. These targets included a supermarket, police barracks, and Milan’s Piazza del Duomo. The two men were said to have no ties to international terrorist groups, but did admire the work of such groups as Al Qaeda.

• Muslims condemn Islamic group

  17 December 2008, by The Muslim Weekly
  Prominent Muslim organisations in Reading have condemned an Islamic group which has been set up in opposition to the Government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) initiative. Reading Borough Council and Thames Valley Police are implementing a Home Office initiative designed to tackle violent extremism by working with Muslim communities. The Evening Post reported on Friday that Reading PVE Crisis Group has been set up with the support of more than 1,000 Muslims who feel the Government initiative is unfairly targeting the Muslim community.

• Three terror suspects extradited

  17 December 2008, by The Muslim Weekly
  Three Tunisian men wanted in Italy for alleged terrorist offences have been extradited from Britain, police say. Habib Ignaoua, 47, Mohamed Khemiri, 54, and Ali Chehidi, 35, were arrested in 2007 on a European Arrest Warrant. Italian authorities accuse the trio of recruiting young men to join the jihad in Afghanistan and Iraq.

• Banned extremists will be named and shamed

  17 December 2008, by The Telegraph
  Extremists banned from entering the UK will be «named and shamed» under plans to be announced by the Government this week: In the last three years a total of 230 people have been barred from entering the country because of their extreme views but they are not currently named publicly. The bans on high profile figures, including radical Isalmist cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrkhan, only became known after the individuals themselves spoke out against the decisions.

• Muslim teen ’brainwashing’ by extremists targeted

  17 December 2008, by South Wales Echo
  Muslim teenagers in danger of being «brainwashed» by extremists preaching hatred of western society are being targeted by an anti-racism group. It is just one of the new initiatives from Race Equality First designed to promote tolerance across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Director Mohammed Tufail said: «There are young people in the UK who are trying to brainwash other young people into hatred.»

• Islamic radicals make mockery of hate laws

  17 December 2008, by Evening Standard
  Just days after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced tough new measures to name and shame foreign-based extremists and prevent them coming from abroad to stir up hatred in the UK, firebrand preacher Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad cocked a snook at her new initiative, the Evening Standard can reveal. More than 200 Muslims at a packed public meeting in Tower Hamlets were told by organiser Anjem Choudary: «We have a special surprise, a special treat for you. Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad will be joining us on a live feed from Lebanon.»

• Analysis: Terror Threat Remains

  16 December 2008, by The Telegraph
  Despite the fact that Islamist extremists have only mounted one «successful» attack in Britain - the 7/7 bombings in which 56 people died - the threat of terrors attacks in the UK has not gone away: The official threat level is classed as being «Severe» - this is one down from the highest level, «Critical», which means an attack is imminent. Over the last few months, we in Britain have become a little obsessed with the economy, falling house prices and the credit crunch, but it should not be forgotten that a significant number of UK citizens have been planning to carry out attacks with the aim of causing mass casualties.

• Hundreds of Potential Terrorists Live in Germany, Official Says

  16 December 2008, by DW World
  There are roughly 700 people in Germany who the interior ministry believes may be involved in extremist Islam circles, the ministry’s deputy head said. Dozens of them are under intense surveillance.

• Germans deploy manga-style comics to sway Muslim youth in war of ideas

  16 December 2008, by World Tribune
  The German government has published a comic book designed to dissuade Muslims from turning to Islamist extremism although U.S. officials say the effectiveness of the effort is questionable. The comic was issued by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that seeks to educate young people about the differences between Islam and Islamic extremism and danger posed by Islamic terrorism.

• France’s Minister of the Interior Points to Worrisome Islamicist Propaganda on the Internet

  16 December 2008, by Le Figaro
  A study conducted by France’s Minister of the Interior, Michèle Alliot-Marie, and conducted by the National Institute of High Security (INHES, Institut national des hautes etudes de sécurité) reveals the extent of success of jihadist websites in the country.

• France Jails 4 Members of Jihad Network

  16 December 2008, by International Herald Tribune
  A French court has sentenced four men of North African origin to prison terms for taking part in recruiting Islamicists to join the war in Iraq. The men recruited members in the south of France, in the city of Montpellier. The men were sentenced to between two and four years in jail.

• Protecting human rights is an obligation, not a choice

  15 December 2008, by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  This article, on the occasion of the Human Rights Day on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, addresses the question of human rights in the context of current global financial crisis. It discusses the possible human rights implications of the economic crisis.

• Council of Europe publishes report on minority languages in Spain

  15 December 2008, by Conseil de l’Europe
  This report has been drawn up by a committee of independent experts which monitors the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

• HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: TAKING STOCK OF HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH AND MOVING TOWARDS A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA

  13 December 2008, by Centre for European Policy Studies
  The protection and promotion of human rights lie at the heart of the EU’s foundation and priorities. Only through the development and support of research on potential threats to human rights can the EU design and implement more comprehensive policies. The Programme on Social Sciences and Humanities of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Research Framework Programmes of DG Research has addressed various dimensions of human rights.

• COUNCIL FRAMEWORK DECISION 2008/919/JHA of 28 November 2008 amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism

  10 December 2008, by Council of the EU
  Terrorism constitutes one of the most serious violations of the universal values of human dignity, liberty, equality and solidarity, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms on which the European Union is founded. It also represents one of the most serious attacks on democracy and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States and on which the European Union is based.

• Wirtschaftsdemokratie und expansive Lohnpolitik

  10 December 2008, by Bispinck Reinhard
  The introduction to this book on the former director of the scientifical foundation of the german unions (WSI), Dr. Victor Agartz, underlines that there is a intellectual tradition within unionism focussed on democratical control of the economy and the concept of offensive wage rising.

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