US designates Nordic neo-Nazi group as terrorists
Also: Terrorist Designations of Nordic Resistance Movement and Three Leaders (U.S. Department of State)
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Source: CNN
US designates Nordic neo-Nazi group as terrorists
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN
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Published 4:06 PM EDT, Fri June 14, 2024
(CNN) — The US State Department on Friday designated a Nordic neo-Nazi group and three of its top officials as terrorists.
It’s the second time in history that the US has designated a foreign White supremacist organization and its leaders as terrorists.
The department designated the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) and three of its top officials – Tor Fredrik Vejdeland, Pär Öberg, and Leif Robert Eklund – as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Friday, according to a statement from spokesperson Matthew Miller.
It is the first time the Biden administration has made such a designation of a White supremacist group. The Trump administration in 2020 designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) and its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
NRM is a transnational neo-Nazi organization founded in Sweden in 1997, ...
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/us-designates-nordic-neo-nazi-group-terrorists/index.html
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Source: U.S. Department of State
Terrorist Designations of Nordic Resistance Movement and Three Leaders
FACT SHEET
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
JUNE 14, 2024
The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and is committed to countering the transnational components of violent white supremacy.
Today, the Department of State is designating Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended.
NRM is the largest neo-Nazi group in Sweden, with branches in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and also Finland, where it has been banned since 2020. NRM’s violent activity is based on its openly racist, anti-immigrant, antisemitic, anti-LGBTQI+ platform. The group’s members and leaders have carried out violent attacks against political opponents, protestors, journalists, and other perceived adversaries. NRM members have also taken steps to collect and prepare weapons and explosive materials, including on behalf of the group and in furtherance of its goals. In addition, NRM has organized training in violent tactics, including hand-to-hand combat and knife fighting.
Formed in 1997, the group was originally known as the Swedish Resistance movement but rebranded itself as NRM in 2016 under its former leader, Simon Lindberg. According to NRM, the group’s goal is to replace the Nordic democracies with a “united ethnic Nordic nation.”
Additionally, the Department of State is designating three of NRM’s leaders as SDGTs pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended.
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Read more: https://www.state.gov/terrorist-designations-of-nordic-resistance-movement-and-three-leaders/
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