UK to ban two far-right groups under terror laws

The United Kingdom took steps in parliament to make membership in two extreme right-wing groups illegal.
The government said in a statement that it will ban Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) as well as System Resistance Network, an alias of the already banned right-wing group National Action.
“As part of the order to proscribe SKD, the entry for Partiya Karkeren Kurdistani (the Kurdistan Worker’s Party or PKK) will be amended to include Teyre Azadiye Kurdistan (TAK) and Hezen Parastina Gel (HPG) as aliases”, it said.
The move follows a meeting of the Proscription Review Group, which consists of representatives from the police and other partners. The group assesses the risk posed by groups who may be considered for proscription.
The UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel explained that recent attacks in Germany have highlighted the threat of violent extremism. Last week, a German national killed 9 people in a Frankfurt suburb, before killing his mother and then himself. Officials said the attacks have been motivated by far-right beliefs.
“We are working to keep the public safe by increasing funding for counter-terror police and strengthening the law to keep terrorists locked up for longer. By proscribing these groups, we are making it much harder for them to spread their hateful rhetoric”, she said.