Canada Designates Far-Right Proud Boys As Banned Terrorist Group
The record options some 70 teams. (File)
Ottawa:
Canada on Wednesday described the far proper Proud Boys as a “serious and growing threat” and designated the motion as a banned terrorist group.
Founded in 2016 and current in Canada, the United States and different international locations, the Proud Boys performed a “pivotal role” within the rebel on the lethal US Capitol on January 6, the general public security ministry stated in an announcement.
It is, in response to the Canadian authorities, a “neo-fascist organization that engages in political violence” and whose members “espouse misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and/or white supremacist ideologies.”
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair advised a information convention members “represent a serious and growing threat to Canadian society.”
“There has been a growing body of evidence… of the escalation of violence that this group has been involved in,” he stated, noting that Canadian authorities have been monitoring the Proud Boys since 2018.
Members quantity presumably within the 1000’s in North America and they’re current in each main Canadian metropolis, an official advised a briefing.
Three different “ideologically motivated violent extremist groups” — Atomwaffen Division, the Base and Russian Imperial Movement — had been additionally added to Canada’s record of banned terrorist teams, which was created after the September 11, 2001 assaults within the United States.
The remaining listed entities are associates of Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, in addition to the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen.
Each is believed to have “knowingly participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity,” the ministry stated.
Being added to the watch record doesn’t mechanically criminalize the teams themselves, however permits authorities to grab their belongings and prosecute members or associates for finishing up extremist actions.
The record options some 70 teams.
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