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Discover MoreThe World Anti Extremism Network (WAEN) is an international non-profit organization that strives to create a world without violent extremism and authoritarianism by promoting peace, pluralism and freedom for all. Headquartered in Canada, WAEN works to combat and eradicate all forms of extremism worldwide.
Linda, an inspiration in the worldwide freedom movement, tirelessly advocated for freedom until her last minute of life. Her mantra, especially for youth, was “Just Do It,” encouraging direct action in support of freedom causes worldwide. In her memory, we've chosen to feature “Just Do It” as a button on our website's Global Ambassador program, where we are uniting youths worldwide for freedom.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada’s national public policy think tank, and the World Anti-Extremism Network, hosted a dialogue on March 11, 2024, in Toronto under the title of “Toronto Dialogue on
We are delighted to share the news of our first translated book, "Foundations of A Free Society," which is written by Dr. Eamonn Butler, the director of the Adam Smith
In Toronto Event Venue on December 14, 2023, we hosted a panel titled "Saving the World from Dictatorships: A Panel on Defending Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Countering Extremism &
While the world is dealing with many conflicts and challenges from extremism groups and authoritarian regimes, freedom activists from over 13 countries, including the United States, North Korean Escapees, Hong
In the face of extremism and authoritarianism, in many countries on the world the lives of human rights, civil society, and freedom advocates are often caught in the crossfire, rendering
We are very honored to announce that the World Anti Extremism Network (WAEN) which is an international non-profit organization that strives to create a world without violent extremism and authoritarianism
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban government said Saturday that the death toll from an overnight gun attack on Western tourists in central Afghanistan had risen to at least six, including three Spaniards. Read more
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Tuesday that recent militant attacks in the country, including a deadly suicide car bombing on Chinese engineers, were planned from “terrorist sanctuaries” in Afghanistan. Major-General Ahmed Sharif, Read more
NIAMEY — Hundreds took to the streets of Niger's capital Saturday to demand the departure of U.S. troops, after the ruling junta further shifted its strategy by ending a military accord Read more
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani police are searching for gunmen who killed eight people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country’s southwest, a police official said Saturday. Read more
WASHINGTON — German officials are interrogating an Iraqi couple who are suspected of committing crimes that may amount to genocide while they were associated with the Islamic State group in Iraq Read more
NYON, Switzerland — This week's Champions League games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat, the governing body of European soccer said Tuesday. A media outlet linked Read more
MOSCOW — Foreign diplomats in Russia laid flowers Saturday at the site of last week's attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people. Those in attendance included ambassadors Read more
ISLAMABAD — A roadside bomb explosion in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province Saturday killed at least one person and injured 14 others. Officials said the attack targeted surveyors from a major, private Read more
Washington — There has been a wave of attacks across Pakistan in recent weeks by militant groups operating in the region that have widely varying objectives. This week, a suicide attacker Read more
Russia said Monday it plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what Moscow said were threats from France, Britain, Read more
Ukraine and its Western partners are in a race against the clock to deploy critical new military aid to counter costly Russian advances across Ukraine’s eastern frontlines and support for Read more
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill this past Saturday. The measure now heads to the Senate, which is expected to take Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns Iran's attacks on Israel and said his country, like Israel needs help from its allies to fend off threats from the air. The latest from Read more
The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency is warning of a potentially dangerous situation following a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Read more
Russia continued its barrage of drone and missile strikes across Ukraine over the weekend, particularly targeting energy infrastructure. Anna Chernikova in Kyiv provides an update and talks about how Ukrainians Read more
Russia launched missile strikes against Kyiv on Monday for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of aerial bombardment targeting Ukrainian cities. Islamic State takes responsibility Read more
An empowered Russian President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power after a highly orchestrated landslide election win Sunday as Western leaders called neither free nor fair. Heeding the call Read more
A dozen civilians including 5 children were killed in a Russian drone strike that reduced their apartment building to rubble. Anna Chernikova reports from Kyiv. The UN human rights chief Read more
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine official enters a third year President Volodymr Zalenskyy says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war in February 2022. Read more
washington — The co-founder of a local reporting initiative in California is being recognized for her work mentoring young reporters and improving community news. Tasneem Raja, who helped set up the Read more
Washington — Two figures dressed in black and with their faces covered are caught on security camera vandalizing the Media Development Foundation office in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The video, taken Read more
Guatemala City — A Guatemalan court on Wednesday granted a prominent journalist and corruption critic a conditional release in a case of alleged graft, though he must clear another legal hurdle Read more
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, in protest of the parliament's passage Tuesday of what critics call a Russian-style foreign agent law. The ruling Read more
In the United States, each year there are fewer news organizations covering local communities, even near the nation’s capital. Some high school journalists are trying to help make up for Read more
Madrid — Uncovering a multimillion-dollar aid scandal in Venezuela took great personal and professional risks for the journalists involved. Roberto Deniz, a reporter with investigative media outlet Armando Info, and his Read more
Berlin — Burmese writer Ma Thida doesn’t like to think of herself as exiled. She left Myanmar in 2021, just a few months after the military seized power in a coup Read more
BANGKOK — The whereabouts of a Chinese citizen journalist who served four years in prison for reporting on the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan and was expected to be Read more
Tunis, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities on Sunday ordered the arrest of two journalists over critical comments, a lawyer told AFP, a day after security forces stormed the bar association and took Read more
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat. Read more
Hundreds of French gendarmes are trying to secure the road from Nouméa to the airport, officials say. Read more
Questions remain around the disappearance of a man mixed up in one of the biggest gold scams in history. Read more
The amendment by parliament is the first change to the country's parental custody law in nearly 80 years. Read more
Indian PM Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third term after a decade in power. Read more
It comes a day after the Russian and Chinese leaders pledged a "new era" of partnership between their countries. Read more
Chinese bubble tea shares fizzle, raising questions about the industry and Hong Kong's stock market. Read more
The BBC goes to Afghanistan's Baghlan province, where hundreds have died in devastating flooding. Read more
As deepfakes and AI-manipulated content circulate in India, experts worry about their implications. Read more
Zhang Zhan's condition is unclear several days after her scheduled release from jail. Read more
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