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Barclays Bank bans BNP accounts


Reporter Gwynne (l) filmed BNP leader Mr Griffin (r) covertly
Barclays Bank has frozen the accounts held by the far-right British National Party.
The move is believed to be in response to a BBC documentary, The Secret Agent, which showed BNP members confessing to racially motivated crimes.

The bank has not confirmed the decision but the BNP's John Walker said he had received a call from the bank informing him that the accounts are to be closed.

BNP leader Nick Griffin said the move was "absolutely scandalous".

Mr Walker said that he was unaware whether any other banks that hold party funds would follow suit.

But Mr Griffin said the party may find it difficult to open accounts with other banks.

He described the move by Barclays as an "attempt to ban it by the back door".

He said a member of the party's treasury department was informed about the freezing of their accounts on Friday afternoon.


The legal position of the account closures will be studied, he added.

"If we can, we will take them [Barclays] to the cleaners.

Human rights

"We don't want to take them to the cleaners, all we want is the democratic right to access back accounts."

He said: "Barclays may find themselves up against European human rights legislation.

"We have the right to hold political opinions and to impart them."

Mr Griffin said the accounts contained thousands of pounds - "enough money to run a small but effective political party".

The party must have a bank account in Britain to comply with electoral commission regulations.

A Barclays spokeswoman said the company would not comment because of client confidentiality.

However, a bank official said Barclays would consider whether there was a "reputational risk" when it was deciding whether to open or close an account.

Tapes reviewed

In the documentary, footage recorded at a meeting in Keighley shows Mr Griffin saying Islam was a "vicious wicked faith" and warning the audience to "stand up" to Muslims.

In an interview on BBC Two's Newsnight programme following Thursday's broadcast of the documentary, Mr Griffin refused to say sorry for his comments and added the "Islamification" of the West had partly happened by rape.

However, he did apologise for comments made by other BNP activists shown on the documentary confessing to race crimes. Three of them have been expelled from the party, Mr Griffin said.

Reporter Jason Gwynne spent six months infiltrating the BNP's West Yorkshire branch with the help of a former local organiser.

West Yorkshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, in a joint statement on Friday, said officers were collecting tapes from the programme makers to review.

"The BBC programme (Secret Agent) broadcast last night raises a number of issues which warrant further investigation.

"Working with our colleagues in the Crown Prosecution Service we will be reviewing the material to identify what, if any, information of evidential value it contains and decide on the appropriate action."


http://www.bbc.co.uk

[AveMelita]

Ho sentito questa notizia un po` di tempo fa. La Destra Radicale viene perseguitata da per tutto. Il Vlaams Blok in Belgio e` stato deprivato dai fondi statali per l'accusa di essere un Partito razzista. Tale partito aveva ottenuto circa il 24.2% dei voti da parte dei Fiamminghi. Il British National Party aveva ottenuto un incremento dei voti.

Qualche` link:

BNP appre causa contro Barclays:
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=3400

Vlaams Blok forte dopo elezioni Europee:
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=3208

Vlaams Blok razzista:
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=2713

Vlaams Blok appella:
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=2810

Persecuzione di Norman Lowell a Malta:
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=3155

Mi dispiace i link sono tutti in Inglese e dalla stessa fonte (non ho avuto tempo di fare un po` di ricerca)