An anti-Muslim extremist has been filmed joining a hate-filled group hunting down asylum seekers in Bulgaria, the Daily Mirror wrote on 24 October. Far-right Jim Dowson donned camouflage gear to join the heavily-armed Shipka Bulgarian National Movement stalking migrants who cross the Turkish border. Dowson, founder of the Britain First group, has made a series […]
International
For a Europe without fences and neo-Nazis
International meeting against racism and fascism, Athens, 15-16 October 2016 The annual Nationwide Assembly of KEERFA (Movement against Racism and Fascist Threat) held over a warm October weekend in Athens ended by adopting a raft of agreed actions and priorities for the coming year by the many Greek Anti-Racist and Anti- Fascist activists, networks and […]
Thuringia to check potential neo-Nazi connection in second child murder
The discovery of a neo-Nazi’s DNA near the body of a murdered girl has authorities re-examining other crimes from the past. The state of Thuringia says it will be taking another look at a second unsolved child murder, writes DW. Thuringia state premier Bodo Ramelow has said criminal investigations will be expanded after DNA from […]
Outcry after ‘neo-Nazi’ music festival held on Swiss soil
Police in the canton of St Gallen are under fire for allowing a music festival for right-wing extremists to take place on Saturday night, The Local ch writes. More than 5,000 people turned out to the festival in the usually tranquil commune of Unterwasser in eastern Switzerland for what is thought to be the largest […]
Finnish man dies after assault by Nazis
A Finnish man, Jimi Joonas Karttunen, who was assaulted by neo-Nazis from the Finnish Resistance Movement (FRM) on Saturday 10 September has died of his injuries, the Finnish investigative journalism website Kaivuri reported on 17 September. The news was broken by his father, Kauko-Vesa Karttunen, on Facebook and the identity of the man has since […]
Blocked identitaire
‘We announce tonight that Richard Spencer, of the American National Policy Institute, has this week been banned from the UK for life…” So ran a statement on Facebook by the Traditional Britain Group, which brings together Nazis and far right Tories. The 9 July statement said the ban had been announced by the then home […]
The Greek debt, a European tragedy
This video (which is subtitled in English) was sent to us by the Greek Solidarity Campaign to which Searchlight is affiliated. The GSC is an independent, non-party political campaign established to organise solidarity with the people resisting “austerity” in Greece. It is supported by the TUC and has a number of affiliated groups and individual […]
Far-Right blamed as entrance to mosque in Germany bricked up
Muslims living in a small town in northern Germany were shocked to find someone had bricked up the entrance to their mosque during the night, Justin Huggler reported in The Daily Telegraph on 30 August. Those gathering for prayers last Friday in the town of Parchim found the door to the mosque jammed with concrete […]
Hungary blocks more than 20 websites for Holocaust denial
The World Jewish Congress has reported a statement by the Budapest chief prosecutor that a Budapest court has ordered the temporary shutdown of nearly two dozen websites that carry content denying the Holocaust. The websites sell the Hungarian edition of a Swedish author’s book that denies the Holocaust and other crimes committed by the Nazi […]
Hungarian extremist sentenced to 13 years in prison for terrorism
A far-right extremist, whose group sadistically assaulted and nearly killed a media personality, bombed gay clubs in Budapest and attacked the homes of Socialist and liberal politicians using Molotov cocktails, received a 13-year prison sentence on Tuesday in the Budapest Capital Regional Court, Hungarian Free Press reports on 30 August 2016. Between 2007 and 2009, […]
Argentinian pupils wearing Nazi armbands attack Jewish students in ‘Mengele village’
Children from a German school in Buenos Aires wearing swastika armbands and fake Hitler moustaches attacked pupils from a Jewish school in a resort where several Nazi war criminals lived for decades after the Second World War, including Dr Josef Mengele, Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death”, The Sunday Telegraph reported on 28 August 2016. The incident […]
Number of neo-Nazi rock concerts on the rise in Germany
The first half of 2016 has already seen some 98 far-right musical events in Germany, with some concerts drawing thousands of fans, according to Die Welt. Authorities have warned that such events serve as recruitment tools, Deutsche Welle reported on 20 August 2016. Of that total, around 40 were rock concerts and 49 Liederabende, where right-wing extremist singers […]
Call-to-arms by German populist right AfD
Populist right-wing AfD party co-leader Frauke Petry has encouraged Germans to carry firearms. She claims the government has lost its state monopoly to protect the public, especially in thinly populated areas, Deutsche Welle reported on 20 August. Petry, who caused an uproar January by suggesting German police could use firearms to deter incoming refugees, on Saturday […]
Australia: Far-right Pauline Hanson supporters dressed as Muslims storm church
A far-right nationalist group that links itself to One Nation leader Pauline Hanson stormed a church service on Sunday dressed in Muslim-style attire and chanting anti-Islamic slogans, leaving some members of the congregation “deeply traumatised”, The Sidney Morning Herald reported on 15 August 2016. The incident, on the NSW Central Coast, reflects the emboldened attitudes of […]
Germany: New far-right group comes under gaze of state spies
The far-right Identitarian Movement is growing in popularity in Germany to the extent that the main federal intelligence agency has started watching them, The Local.de reported on 12 August 2016. Up until this point, the movement, which has been present in Germany since 2012, had been observed by spy agencies at the state level. “We […]
Viktor Orbán and his responsibility for rising antisemitism in Hungary
Quite a political storm is brewing in Hungary, after Ronald S. Lauder of the World Jewish Congress named Hungary Europe’s most antisemitic country, the Hungarian Free Press reported on 19 July 2016. Specifically, Mr. Lauder said the following: “The worst offender is Hungary. Because they now have a neo-Nazi party called Jobbik. They had started to put […]
