Author Archives: Searchlight Team

Far-right groups in UK target hotels housing Afghan refugees

Britain First makes anti-migrant videos at hotels amid warning issue being used to whip up hate.

The evacuation of thousands of Afghan refugees to the UK after Kabul fell to the Taliban has triggered an increase in far-right groups targeting hotels where they are being accommodated, according to those monitoring the activities of extremist groups.

Britain First is one of the most prominent organisations involved and, according to its own website, has made more than a dozen unsolicited visits in recent weeks to hotels housing Afghan refugees in areas including Telford, Stoke-on-Trent and Colchester.

 Read article on The Guardian website here

Meet the Male State: Russia’s Nastiest Online Hate Group

In a courtroom in the city of Nizhny Novgorod on October 18, the future of a gang of online misogynist thugs who call themselves the ‘Male State’ (Muzhskoye gosudarstvo in Russian) looked to be hanging in the balance.

Read more on Bellingcat website here

The Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ trial begins today. Here’s what you need to know.

On the night of Aug. 11, 2017, a crowd of mostly young White males wearing khaki pants and polos marched with rage at the University of Virginia, carrying torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us.”

The next morning, white supremacists wielding weapons, including shields, clubs and long guns, descended on downtown Charlottesville along with self-styled militia members carrying semiautomatic rifles and pistols. A neo-Nazi sped his car into a crowd, killing 32-year-old  counter=protestor, Heather Heyer, and injuring at least 19 others.

Read article about the trial on Washington Post website here