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  • This house believes that social media platforms should censor all materials that promotes eco-fascism.

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    Eco-Facism can be defined as a political ideology which blames the demise of the environment on overpopulation, immigration, and over-industrialization. Eco fascists are identified as nature obsessed people, who in a bid to protect the environment support very radical means of racial purity through Eugenics and deep ecology (the idea that the only way to preserve life on Earth is to dramatically—forcefully, if necessary—reduce the human population).

    Zimbabwe Easters Debating Championships 2022 · 3 · 2022-03-31

  • This house as a Rohingya Muslim fleeing the Myanmar military would join the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)

    Infoslide

    The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State Myanmar. ARSA says it is fighting on behalf of more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims who have been denied their most basic rights including citizenship and has armed and evacuated a significant number of Rohingya from Rakhine State. The Myanmar authorities however say that they are ‘terrorists’ who want to impose Islamic rule – declaring it a terrorist group in 2017. Amnesty International has published reports detailing the brutalities done by ARSA on the military and townships that strongly support the government.

    Nepal Debate Open 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-12-31

  • That it is in the best interests of the Biden Administration to restore aid to Pakistan

    Infoslide

    During the Trump administration the United States significantly reduced aid and support to Pakistan. The USA alleged Pakistan was failing to sufficiently counter terrorism in the region. In response Pakistan has increased its economic relationship with China.

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · ESL Final · 2021-12-28

  • This house believes that the media should refrain from showing graphic details of terror attacks

    Philippine Womxn's Open 2021 · 5 · 2021-11-17

  • This house, represented by the Russian government, recognizes the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and removes it from the list of banned organizations

    Турнир Новичков 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-14

  • This house (as the UN) will actively fund this organization in the attempt to bring back foreigners who want to quit ISIS.

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    Around 40% of ISIS’s foreign recruits want to quit. An organization in Turkey has been working to bring them back after thorough vetting. However, countries like Germany refuse to take these people back, citing the reasons of backlash, security, and how they no longer identify these people as citizens of their state. this leads to the ostracisation of ISIS recruits who are willing to start over, leaving them with no place to permanently relocate to.

    19th Annual Premchand Debates 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-11-12

  • As the Biden administration that we will pursue negotiations with Hamas.

    Infoslide

    The Hamas is an Islamist group that controls Gaza the region of Palestine that recently was subject to a large scale airstrike by Israeli forces. They enjoy popular support among Palestinians especially those residing in Gaza. Historically the Hamas has been involved in numerous armed attacks on Israeli forces civilians and property. As a consequence they are designated as a terrorist group by Israel and USA among other nations. The US along with its allies - in particular Egypt - has traditionally negotiated with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation lead by Fateh (a Palestinian political party which governs in the West Bank region of Palestine) in order to implement the two state solution. The USA and its allies recognise the PLO as the legitimate government in Palestine. However over the last decade there has been a decrease in popularity of Fateh and the PLO among Palestinians with its leader Mahmoud Abbas calling off the proposed elections for 2021 (the first elections to be held in Palestine since 2005) as he feared that the elections might lead to Hamas making considerable headway into the West Bank political scene.

    IUBDC National IV 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-11-12

  • This house believes that Latin American countries should prioritize the strategy of selective neutralization of leaders in the fight against organized crime (eg drug-trafficking terrorism).

    Infoslide

    Military and police operations dedicated to neutralizing the leaders or 'heads' of criminal organizations are strategies in the policy of combating organized crime. These tactics have been used, for example, in the cases of the murder of Osama Bin Laden, the capture of El Chapo and Edgar Valdez 'La Barbie'.

    Campeonato Nacional de Debate 2021 · 5 · 2021-11-06

  • Western countries must take back relatives of ISIS militants.

    Infoslide

    At present, special camps or prisons in Iraq and Syria are occupied by women who in the past usually joined ISIS with their husbands. In many of them, the countries from which they left revoked their citizenship. Some of them are in camps with their children.

    3V · 3 · 2021-11-06

  • This Parliament (Gingerland) will not interfere in the mafia gang war.

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    Shafi Escobar is a terrible drug mafia in Gingerland. The government has been trying for a long time to catch Shafi Escobar and stop his misdeeds. But the government fails again and again. At a time when law enforcement personnel are being killed every day at the hands of Shafi Escobar's men, Shafi Escobar's conflict with another terrorist organization called Karim Gang. Tends to be weak.

    SAVE A HUMAN Fundraiser Debate Tournament · 3 · 2021-11-06

  • This house as a State with a military conflict within the country (Ex: War against drug trafficking, conflicts against terrorist groups, civil war, etc.) would hire mercenary soldiers.

    Infoslide

    Mercenary soldiers are people with military experience who fight for profit for their economic and personal benefit without political motivations involved. They can be hired by any State to face any conflict and fight for the benefit of the country that hired them (eg, the occupation of Iraq in 2003, the former Yugoslavia after the fall of the USSR, etc).

    Copa Franciscana de Debate · 6 · 2021-10-25

  • In countries with high impact of terrorism this house would use engagement tactics as opposed to non-engagement approach in fighting against terrorism

    Infoslide

    Engagement tactics refer to counter terrorism measures consisting of compromising negotiating and other non-hostile measures. In contrast non-engagement approach refers to hostile violent and non-compromising measures.

    Canisius College Cup 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-10-22

  • This house supports the US policy of negotiating with the Taliban

    Infoslide

    The Taliban is a terrorist organisation which controls a large portion of Afghanistan's territory and which has been at war with the US and the Afghanistani Government for the past 17 years. Recently the United States Government has entered into talks with the Taliban that have at the request of Taliban leaders not included representatives of Afghanistan's Government. There has been discussion that the Taliban is entering these negotiations with the intention of having their leaders removed from international blacklists and their territorial control legitimised.

    Strathclyde President's Cup 2018 · Open Final · 2021-10-20

  • As Environmentalists this house would Resort to Ecoterrorism Against Corporations

    Infoslide

    Ecoterrorism is the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented subnational group for environmental-political reasons.

    2021 Riau Islands Debating Championship · Open Final · 2021-10-06

  • This house believes that moderate Muslims should refrain from attempting to reclaim the term jihad in the aftermath of terrorist attacks

    Infoslide

    The literal meaning of Jihad is struggle or effort. Muslims use the word Jihad to describe three different kinds of struggle namely a believer's internal struggle to live out the Muslim faith as well as possible, the struggle to live as a good Muslim society and the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary. The term has been more infamously and commonly associated with Islamist fundamentalists, to refer to the instances of violent resistance and militaristic pursuits to defend the faith.

    UADC 2021 · Open Final · 2021-10-01