Less than two months after calling for insurrectionists to “break down the barriers and disregard the police” outside the U.S. Capitol building, white nationalists and other far-right extremists gathered in Florida for a conference featuring current and former U.S. congressmen. Read full article on Southern Poverty Law Centre website here
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Far-right group can be called “fascist”, rules Poland’s Supreme Court
National Radical Camp (ONR), one of Poland’s most prominent far-right groups, can be described as “fascist”, the Supreme Court has ruled. The activist who won the case now hopes that the ruling can be the basis for having ONR outlawed completely, as promoting fascism is illegal under Polish law. Read article on Notes from Poland […]
France bans far-right anti-migrant group Generation Identity
France banned far-right group Generation Identity (Génération Identitaire), which is known to be hostile to migrants, for incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said. Read article on France 24 website here
German Court Suspends Right to Surveil Far-Right AfD Party
The ruling came days after a news report that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency planned to investigate the leading opposition party on suspicion of being a threat to democracy. Read on the New York Times website here
Capitol Police chief says extremists have discussed attack on Congress during Biden’s first joint address
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Last statue of dictator Franco removed in ‘historic day’ for Spain
Read the item on the Reuters website here