{"id":283945,"date":"2016-12-11T21:42:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/uk-far-right-group-to-be-banned-as-terrorist-organization-in-historic-move-reports\/"},"modified":"2016-12-11T21:42:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T20:42:52","slug":"uk-far-right-group-to-be-banned-as-terrorist-organization-in-historic-move-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/uk-far-right-group-to-be-banned-as-terrorist-organization-in-historic-move-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"UK far-right group to be banned as \u2018terrorist organization\u2019 in historic move \u2013 reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>        British neo-Nazi group National Action is set to become the first ever in the UK to be put on a list of terrorist organizations and face a full ban, British media reported, citing government sources. The move is allegedly a result of the group\u2019s support for the murderer of MP Jo Cox.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An order banning the organisation is due to be laid out before parliament tomorrow and the\u00a0final decision\u00a0is to be expected by the end of the week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/uk-to-issue-first-ban-on-far-right-gxzqhvgsj\">according<\/a>\u00a0to The Sunday Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have learnt <em>\u201cdeeply disturbing information\u201d<\/em> about National Action&#8217;s activities, a source <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/neo-nazi-group-banned-uk-9434458\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a>\u00a0Sunday Mirror. The neo-Nazi group <em>\u201ccrossed the line and glorified terrorism,\u201d<\/em> a senior government source told The Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/367926-mair-guilty-jo-cox\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2016.11\/thumbnail\/583591b7c46188611d8b45b8.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE \/ AFP ; \u00a9 Toby Melville \/ Reuters\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move is expected to be made over the group\u2019s praise of far-right extremist Thomas Mair, who murdered Labour MP Jo Cox in June. The man was sentenced to life imprisonment after a seven-day process, during which he didn\u2019t say a single word in his defense.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times cited a Twitter account, which it said belonged to the far-right group. The account has been shut down. It reportedly featured messages supporting Mair\u2019s actions, depicting the killer and saying \u201c#VoteLeave, don\u2019t let this man\u2019s sacrifice go in vain\u201d, adding that the killed MP would have allowed more \u201csubhumans\u201d to come.<\/p>\n<p>National Action spokesperson, Jack Renshaw, has previously faced charges for sharing extreme anti-Semitic views. At an event he was recorded saying that Hitler\u2019s mistake was to show <em>\u201cmercy to people who did not deserve mercy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The far-right group <a href=\"https:\/\/national-action.info\/news\/2016\/11\/30\/november-report-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a>\u00a0on its website that they <em>\u201cneither sanction or endorse terrorism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It responded to The Sunday Times report on looming proscription describing it as <em>\u201csomething below discussion on grounds of extreme ignorance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNational Action is here to stay, it is your problem, deal with it,\u201d<\/em> they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the end of November another far-right group Britain First was under fire, as Labour MP, Louise Haigh, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/britain-first-terrorist-organisation-listed-lousie-haigh-jo-cox-thomas-mair-labour-mp-a7439036.html\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a>\u00a0to list it as \u201cterrorist organization.\u201d Still, there has been no case so farvof labelling a particular far-right group \u201cterrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/368476-nazi-youth-hitler-jews\/\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE:\u00a0Neo-Nazi youth leader recorded saying \u2018Hitler was wrong to show Jews mercy\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/369950-far-right-cox-ban\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British neo-Nazi group National Action is set to become the first ever in the UK to be put on a list of terrorist organizations and face a full ban, British media reported, citing government sources. The move is allegedly a result of the group\u2019s support for the murderer of MP Jo Cox. 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