The Home Secretary has today laid orders in Parliament to
make membership of 2 right-wing terrorist groups illegal in
the UK.
The orders will proscribe Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) and
will recognise System Resistance Network as an alias of the
already proscribed group National Action.
Proscription renders membership of a group illegal in the
UK. Anyone found to be a member of or offering support to
the groups could now face up to ten years behind bars.
Home Secretary said:
Recent attacks here and in Germany have highlighted the
threat we continue to face from violent extremism.
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.
This decision follows a meeting of the Proscription Review
Group, which brings together representatives from the
police and other partners to assess the risk posed by
groups who may be considered for proscription.
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 Hêzên Parastina Gel (HPG) as aliases.
The PKK has long been considered to be involved in
terrorism and these orders will prevent individuals
circumventing efforts to counter its activity.
