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Release: Cameroon. Overview: In 2021, terrorist activity decreased in the Far North Region. The NGO Stand Up for Cameroon reported that Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa (ISIS-WA) killed 339 people in 2021, compared to an estimated 400 people in 2020, a 15 percent decline in fatalities. Attribution for the attacks...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: South Africa
Release: South Africa. Overview: There were no terrorism-related incidents in South Africa during 2021, possibly owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. This continued a downward trend following an unusually high number of incidents in 2018. ISIS facilitation networks and cells remained a threat, after the South African...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: France
Release: France. Overview: France is a key partner of the United States in the global fight against terrorism. Bilateral U.S.-France counterterrorism cooperation is strong. France is a longstanding and important member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The terrorist threat in France remained high. Security ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Release: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview: More than a dozen significant armed groups and about 100 criminal gangs and local militias operate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ISIS maintains links with local affiliate ISIS-DRC, locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and...
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Honoring Boris Nemtsov
News Release: Eight years have passed since Boris Nemtsov’s assassination in downtown Moscow. Nemtsov was a former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, a political activist, and a reformer; someone who devoted his life to improving the lives of his fellow citizens. He was fearless and outspoken, andhis civic commitment has continued to be an inspiration for other pro-democracy politicians andhuman rights defenders, such as Aleksey Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza.
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Mexico
Release: Mexico. Overview: Counterterrorism cooperation between Mexico and the United States remained strong in 2021. There was no credible evidence indicating international terrorist groups established bases in Mexico, worked directly with Mexican drug cartels, or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States...
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Under Secretary Zeya’s Travel to Amman, Jordan and Muscat, Oman
Release: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Amman, Jordan and Muscat, Oman February 25-March 2, 2023.
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Release: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland). Overview: The UK remained a key U.S. partner in the global fight against terrorism, and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries was excellent. As a Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS partner, the UK continued to contribute to Iraq and northeast Syria stabilization ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Georgia
Release: Georgia. Overview: Georgia continued its robust engagement on counterterrorism issues in 2021 and remained a strong U.S. security partner. The terrorism situation in Georgia in 2021 remained quiet and stable. Georgia took further action to secure its border and arrested five Georgian citizens on ISIS-related ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Peru
Release: Peru. Overview: The Peruvian National Police (PNP) and armed forces continued operations in 2021 targeting alleged Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, or SL) remnants. The government also continued investigating SL front organizations and its legal political branch, called the Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Thailand
Release: Thailand. Overview: Thailand did not experience any attacks attributed to transnational terrorist groups in 2021, and violence was limited to attacks attributed to ethnonationalist insurgents in the country’s Deep South (the southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and parts of Songkhla).
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Spain
Release: Spain. Overview: Spain continued to respond effectively to the global terrorism threat in border and transportation security, countering terrorism financing, and countering violent extremism through bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Spain remained on “high" national alert for terrorism throughout ...
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52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Release: Today begins the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd regular session. The United States returned to the body in January 2022 as a full member, fulfilling a pledge made by President Biden and reflecting the centrality of human rights and multilateralism to our nation’s foreign policy.
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Kenya
Release: Kenya. Overview: In 2021, Kenya continued to suffer terrorist attacks primarily along the Kenyan Somali border. IEDs and ambushes targeting Kenyan security forces and important infrastructure were the primary means of attack. Indiscriminate IED attacks on roads used by Kenyan security forces have resulted...
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U.S. Department of State Concludes $20,000,000 Settlement of Alleged Export Violations by 3D Systems Corporation
News Release: The U.S. Department of State has concluded an administrative settlement with 3D Systems Corporation (3D) of Rock Hill, South Carolina, to resolve alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. § 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 C.F.R. Parts ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Serbia
Release: Serbia. Overview: With no terrorist attacks in 2021 and low levels of ISIS recruitment, the main terrorism concerns in Serbia remained the movement of money and weapons through the region, the need to repatriate FTFs and their family members from Syria, and terrorist self-radicalization through racially ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Russia
Release: Russia. Overview: The Russian Federation continued to prioritize counterterrorism efforts in 2021, primarily focusing on perceived domestic terrorist groups. Russia has used counterterrorism and “extremism" as pretexts to suppress political opposition and the exercise of human rights, or for other objectives ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Somalia
Release: Somalia. Overview: Al-Shabaab continued to pose a significant terrorist threat in Somalia and the wider region in 2021, despite shared efforts by the Federal Government of Somalia, the United States, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), and other partners to combat the group. Al Shabaab continued...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Greece
Release: Greece. Overview: The Greek government remained a highly collaborative CT partner in 2021. Consistent with its responsibilities as a participant in the Visa Waiver Program, Greece operationalized its Passenger Information Unit by presidential decree and has implemented screening of air passengers in ...
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: China (Hong Kong and Macau)
Release: China (Hong Kong and Macau). Overview: The counterterrorism efforts of the People’s Republic of China continued to target almost exclusively ethnic Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim alleged extremists, whom Beijing labels as the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a group Beijing considers the primary...
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