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Current AffairsWorkers' Party files criminal complaint for being featured in Interior Ministry's extremism manual
A new handbook commissioned by the Interior Ministry is currently being
distributed to police stations around, the country to help the force
identify extremist organisations. The manual contains brief descriptions
of symbols and introduces police officers to whether their use on clothes
and posters etc is legal. The ministry has printed 15,000 copies and, as
Dita Asiedu reports, already faces a lawsuit:
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Current AffairsPolice to get "manual" of extremist symbols
In the course of the last decade the Czech police force has increasingly
been confronted with various forms of extremism and street violence. And
more often than not it has been criticized for either failing to take
action or over-reacting. The Interior Ministry says it is training
officers to deal with such situations and has now issued a manual to help
them recognize various extremist symbols.
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PanoramaThe far-right extremist movement
The Prague metro - this is where I would most probably have become just
another statistic if I - trapped with four neo-Nazis - hadn't escaped a
split second before the doors of the wagon closed. In the Czech Republic
people of mixed race like myself - I'm half Ghanaian - and foreigners of
different ethnic backgrounds are always wary of our surroundings. But
surprisingly, the police and anti-extremist NGOs say there is no need for
our heightened attention. With only a few exceptions, foreigners are
relatively safe from far-right extremists. More
ICE - specialOver two dozen Neo-Nazis detained for questioning
On Sunday, a group of neo-Nazis gathered outside the Israeli embassy in
Prague to protest against Israel's Middle East policy. Knives, truncheons,
and gas pistols had to be confiscated by the police and 26 of the
protesters were detained and taken in for questioning. Almost all of the
demonstrators were members of the National Resistance organisation.
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Current AffairsOver two dozen Neo-Nazis detained for questioning
On Sunday, a group of neo-Nazis gathered outside the Israeli embassy in
Prague to protest against Israel's Middle East policy. Knives, truncheons,
and gas pistols had to be confiscated by the police and 26 of the
protesters were detained and taken in for questioning. Almost all of the
demonstrators were members of the National Resistance organisation.
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