Canada says first time individual charged with ‘both terrorism and hate propaganda’ for advocating violent ideology. Canada has arrested two men in connection with their involvement with a “terrorist group … linked to neo-Nazi ideology,” according to authorities. Among those arrested was Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, who allegedly helped produce propaganda for the group. In a statement on Wednesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said, “The case is the first in Canada in which an individual advocating a violent far-right ideology has been charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda.” A second person was arrested in Kingsey Falls, Quebec and “may face charges at a later date”, according to the statement. Macdonald allegedly supported the Atomwaffen Division, an accelerationist neo-Nazi group originally formed in the United States. Accelerationism is the belief that various extreme measures – including violence – are needed to force the swift collapse of society and put in place a new order of power.
via aljazeera: Prominent neo-Nazi propagandist arrested in Canada: Police
siehe auch: Charges against alleged Ottawa neo-Nazi linked to offences in 2018-19, court documents allege Second person arrested in investigation has been released, RCMP says. The unprecedented terrorism charges laid against an Ottawa man stem from offences he’s accused of committing between 2018 and 2019, court documents say. The Mounties said earlier this week they arrested Patrick Gordon Macdonald, a 26-year-old graphic designer, and charged him with three terrorism-related offences under the Criminal Code: participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and commission of an offence for a terrorist group (wilful promotion of hatred). The RCMP says it’s the first time in Canada someone advocating a violent far-right ideology has been charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda. Macdonald is accused of creating propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, which the federal government listed as a terrorist entity in 2021.