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Deradicalization

Extremist fails in legal bid to dodge UK counter-terror course ‘Threat to national security’ who played chess on deradicalisation programme had claimed breach of human rights

September 22, 2020   

(National-UAE) A senior Al Qaeda-linked leader who played chess during deradicalisation sessions has failed in his legal bid to stop attending a UK counterterrorism course. The extremist, referred to in court papers as QX, had taken his case to London’s High Court, […]

Deradicalization

Suspected Al Qaeda-linked extremist played chess on counter-terror programme Suspect ‘banned from Britain’ but arrived back after deportation from Turkey

May 19, 2020   

(National-UAE) The problems faced by governments in the West dealing with returning foreign fighters have been revealed in the case of an alleged British extremist who snubbed de-radicalisation efforts to play chess with a government-assigned mentor. The married father-of-three, identified as QX, […]