Civil Liberty is a fundraising organisation for "
UK nationalists", that was run by members of the far-right
British National Party (BNP) and
British Democratic Party (BDP). It has been described as a
front organisation.
Organisation
Civil Liberty was set up by Kevin Scott, who was a regional organiser for the BNP until 2006.
Scott has continued to run the organisation. An investigation by ''
The Guardian'' established that the group's address was registered to Tyneside BNP, and its website domain was registered at the address of the BNP's website editor. Its national treasurer was the BNP's head of administration.
The group raises money to support nationalists, and was set up to "monitor anti-white racism".
The anti-fascist group
Hope not Hate described the group as a "fake 'civil rights' organisation" and argued that its claim to support individuals "who have fallen victim to the tyranny of government" to only apply to white people.
Scott has since joined the
British Democratic Party, a BNP breakaway group founded by former
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and
National Front chairman
Andrew Brons
Andrew Henry William Brons (born 3 June 1947) is a British politician and former MEP. Long active in far-right politics in Britain, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber for the British National ...
.
Fundraising in the United States
Nick Griffin, then the leader of the BNP, was recorded at a conference organised by a former member of the
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ...
in the United States calling for American supporters of the party to give money to Civil Liberty rather than the BNP because of laws against international donations. He said the group "helps members of the BNP and that is within the law".
Following publication of ''The Guardian''
's investigation, the Metropolitan Police's Domestic Extremism Unit started an inquiry into the link between Civil Liberty and the BNP.
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References
External links
*{{official, http://www.civilliberty.org.uk
British National Party breakaway groups