Wales

Anti Terror, News and Events, Wales

Man admits making explosives at his Blackwood home

A 24-year-old man has admitted using his home to make explosives. Darren Tinklin, of Blackwood in Caerphilly county, was a former member of a far-right organisation, Cardiff Crown Court was told. He appeared via video link to plead guilty to two charges of making explosives, including black powder and a [...]

by × January 15, 2010 × Comments are Disabled

News and Events, Wales

Four arrested in protest against Mosques in Wrexham

Four people were arrested at an anti-Muslim demonstration amid a strong police presence in Wrexham. Around 40 members of a group calling themselves the Welsh Defence League (WDL) shouted racial abuse and gestured towards locals, saying they were protesting against plans for a new mosque. Four people were arrested for [...]

by × November 25, 2009 × Comments are Disabled

Far Right, News and Events, Wales

Welsh Defence League show true colours

THEY denied being fascists ahead of their first Welsh march – but at yesterday’s Welsh Defence League protest against Islamic extremism onlookers were confronted with scenes of jeering men giving Nazi salutes. It was the first time the newly-formed group have been out on the streets in Wales. At a [...]

by × October 20, 2009 × Comments are Disabled

Far Right, Wales

Opposition to Welsh anti-Islamic march

About 200 people gathered to protest about a demonstration against Islamic extremism by the Welsh Defence League (WDL) in Swansea. It was in reaction to about 60 members of the WDL staging a march in the city Despite police hopes the two groups would stage marches in different areas of [...]

by × October 18, 2009 × Comments are Disabled

Far Right, Wales

Call for anti-Islamic marches ban in Wales

There are calls to ban two marches planned by a group of football fans called the Welsh Defence League. They claim it is to protest against radical Islam and they are not racist but opponents accuse them of being a fascist organisation targeting Muslims. Marches are planned in Swansea and [...]

by × October 9, 2009 × Comments are Disabled

Wales

Kurdish men speak out after attack by racist thugs in Wrexham

Two Kurdish men have spoken out after been viciously attacked in Wrexham by a gang of baseball bat-wielding thugs. Motasam Rahim and Rebaz Said were walking to the Co-op store in Hightown, Wrexham, when they were set upon by a group of seven men. “We were at our friend’s house that [...]

by × September 26, 2009 × Comments are Disabled