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# Far-right

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# eyes right
Online ‘doxxing’ campaigns leading to harassment and death threats
A tactic imported from the US, personal information is published online to ‘target’ individuals who campaign against far-right groups.
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Mar 15th 2021, 8:30 PM
# eyes right
Ireland’s far-right using anti-lockdown movement to smuggle in its own agenda
The second in a four-part investigation into the far right in Ireland looks at the intersection between online campaigns and the move to the streets.
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Mar 15th 2021, 12:03 AM
# eyes right
Move quickly and misinform: How direct provision centres became a catalyst for far-right activism in Ireland
The first in a four-part investigation into the growth of far-right activity online in Ireland explores how an anti-immigration agenda infiltrated local activism.
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Mar 15th 2021, 12:02 AM
# national rally
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on trial over IS tweets
She is charged with breaking hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities in 2015.
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Feb 10th 2021, 7:17 AM
# garda commissioner
Drew Harris says gardaí have stepped up investigations to identify organisers of anti-lockdown protests
Yesterday in Dublin, gardaí arrested 11 people following an anti-lockdown protest in the city.
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Oct 23rd 2020, 2:23 PM
# Neo-Nazi
Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party found guilty of operating as criminal organisation
The judgement came to a background of clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators.
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Oct 7th 2020, 10:38 AM
Voices
Opinion: People seeking absolutes in times of uncertainty are falling for conspiracies online
Disinformation analyst Ciaran O’Connor says extremist groups online are offering simple answers to complex questions at a time when many people are frustrated.
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Sep 21st 2020, 7:08 AM
# far-right protests
'The Infodemic': Ireland's weak far-right hopes to gain from online conspiracies and misinformation
Fringe groups are feeding off public frustration and misinformation.
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Sep 19th 2020, 12:05 AM
# Balbriggan
How an electrical fire in Balbriggan became a weapon used by the far-right to ignite racial tensions in the town
Far-right activists tried to paint the incident as some form of criminal act.
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Sep 13th 2020, 12:05 AM
# Campaign
Children's Minister accepts apology from John Connors who says he was 'politically naive'
Connors was part of a campaign that sought to have Roderic O’Gorman resign.
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Jul 20th 2020, 3:05 PM
# National Action
Serving probationary Metropolitan Police officer charged with terrorism offence
He has been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 6 August.
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Jul 9th 2020, 10:29 PM
# Roderic O'Gorman
Children's minister rejects 'homophobic' online claims linking him to comments about paedophilia
Roderic O’Gorman criticised the claims made on social media in recent days.
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Jul 6th 2020, 12:40 PM
# matteo salvini
Italian far-right leader to stand trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea
Salvini insisted he would be proud to stand trial.
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Feb 12th 2020, 10:48 PM
# ge2020
Far-right parties barely register after polling less than 1% in most constituencies
Populist far-right parties failed to return a single candidate to the 33rd Dáil.
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Feb 10th 2020, 8:14 PM
# Courts
Seven men involved in Luas clash with far-right group given suspended sentences
One of the convicted men was on his way into Dublin city centre to protest the group when the incident occurred.
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Nov 13th 2019, 6:30 AM
# Co Monaghan
'A Lightning Rod': Anti-immigrant rhetoric, Ireland's Direct Provision system and Carrickmacross
The Co Monaghan town was the first to accommodate asylum seekers in emergency accommodation last year.
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Oct 30th 2019, 12:05 AM
# afd
Far-right party makes major gains in German state election
Bjoern Hoecke previously labelled Berlin’s Holocaust memorial a “monument of shame”.
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Oct 28th 2019, 9:22 AM
# Oslo
Norway mosque shooting being treated as 'attempted act of terror'
Only three people were inside the mosque at the time of the attack.
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Aug 11th 2019, 5:10 PM
# Asylum seeker
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson begs Donald Trump for political asylum following court retrial
He claimed he would be killed by ‘jihadi gangs’ if he is sent to prison.
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Jul 9th 2019, 3:23 PM
# far-right ripple
After the populist wave failed to materialise, what next for the EU's right-wing parties?
There are more right-wing and far-right parties enjoying success in European politics.
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Jun 1st 2019, 10:00 PM
# Austria
Austrian far-right ministers to resign en masse following hidden-camera sting
This comes after one of their number, Interior Minister Herbert Kickl, was fired.
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May 20th 2019, 8:24 PM
# Germany
'Dark day for democracy': German far-right MP hospitalised after 'politically motivated' attack
Frank Magnitz, leader in Bremen of the Alternative for Germany party, was assaulted yesterday afternoon.
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Jan 8th 2019, 2:21 PM
# Warsaw
Poland independence day march overshadowed by far-right demonstrations
Among the slogans that participants shouted were “USA, empire of evil” and “Poland, white and Catholic.”
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Nov 11th 2018, 7:00 PM
# Far-right
'Tropical Trump': Who is Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro?
Bolsonaro garnered just over 55% in Sunday’s election.
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Oct 30th 2018, 8:22 AM
# Thuringia
Eight police hurt in clashes at far-right gig in Germany
Police also recorded 22 instances of the use of banned Nazi insignia.
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Oct 7th 2018, 2:00 PM
# Election
Sweden faces political deadlock after far-right make election gains
Noting the parliamentary deadlock, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven extended an invitation to the opposition.
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Sep 10th 2018, 7:05 AM
# Elections
Far-right tipped to win big as Swedes vote
The party has roots in the neo-Nazi movement.
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Sep 9th 2018, 8:20 AM
# Chemnitz
What has sparked the huge far-right (and anti-racism) protests in Germany?
Thousands of people have lined the streets of Chemnitz over the past three days in immigration demonstrations.
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Sep 3rd 2018, 6:26 PM
# Chemnitz
18 people injured in Germany as rival protesters clash over immigration
Chemnitz has been in the spotlight after violent protests erupted over the fatal stabbing of a German man.
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Sep 2nd 2018, 2:05 PM
# Chemnitz
German far-right demonstrators hold further protests, but no new outbursts of violence
Sunday and Monday evenings saw outbreaks of street violence in the German city of Chemnitz.
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Aug 30th 2018, 9:04 PM
# Chemnitz
Merkel says 'hate in the streets' has no place in Germany following violent far-right rally
At least 20 people were injured yesterday during a far-right rally in the Germany city of Chemnitz.
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Aug 28th 2018, 5:36 PM
# Chemnitz
Several injured in German far-right rally after knife killing sparks further violence
Hundreds of riot police separated the noisy crowd from more than 1,000 anti-fascist counter-protesters.
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Aug 27th 2018, 10:36 PM
# rally
US far-right rally drowned out by hundreds of counter-protesters
An effort was made to avoid a repeat of the chaos of a deadly protest in Charlottesville, Virginia exactly a year ago.
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Aug 13th 2018, 7:45 AM
# infowars
'He hasn't violated our rules': Twitter chief defends not suspending Infowars' Alex Jones
Apple, Facebook, Spotify and YouTube have all banned Alex Jones, who runs the website Infowars.
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Aug 8th 2018, 7:59 AM
# First Pasta Post
Populist leaders battle to govern Italy after left collapses as leader resigns
The leader of the ruling centre-left party resigned with a warning about a “wind of extremism”.
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Mar 5th 2018, 8:15 PM
France's Marine Le Pen charged over Islamic State tweets
The crime is punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of €75,000.
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Mar 1st 2018, 4:01 PM
# Interview
Ireland's secretive anti-fascist group says far-right here can be 'extremely violent and dangerous'
The group said it is constantly monitoring fascist individuals and groups in Ireland to ensure they do not gain momentum.
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Feb 25th 2018, 12:05 AM
# JOB SEEKERS
Even communities that condemn far-right terror attacks don't become more positive about migrants, study finds
Researchers gauged how difficult it was for people of Pakistani origin searching for jobs in Norway.
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Jan 27th 2018, 11:00 AM
# afd
Co-leader of far-right party quits just hours after German election breakthrough
Citing “dissent” with more hardline colleagues, Petry dropped her bombshell at a morning party press conference.
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Sep 25th 2017, 12:35 PM
# surprise interview
Steve Bannon calls white nationalists 'losers'
The White House strategist is reported to be on shaky ground with Donald Trump.
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Aug 17th 2017, 8:22 AM
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