BERLIN, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Germany has banned the right-wing extremist group Hammerskins, the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) announced yesterday. The ban includes the group’s regional chapters and the sub-organisation Crew 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“With this ban, we are putting an end to the inhuman activities of an internationally active neo-Nazi group in Germany,” Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, said in a statement, calling the measure a “hard blow against organised right-wing extremism.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early yesterday morning, German task forces began searching the houses of 28 members of the group in 10 states, including the capital, Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry said that, the group’s purpose and activities were “violating criminal law,” and it was “opposing the constitutional order and the idea of international understanding.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The banned group is an offshoot of Hammerskins Nation, which was founded in 1988 in the United States. In Germany, the group has around 130 members, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the U.S. authorities’ support, Germany’s federal and state governments have been working on the ban for more than a year. It is the 20th right-wing extremist group to be banned by the German government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the latest official constitution protection report, the number of extremist crimes in Germany reached an all-time high in 2022. More than 35,400 crimes with an extremist motivation were reported last year.– NNN-XINHUA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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