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Civil Liberty is a civil rights organisation claiming to be autonomous of any political party in the United Kingdom. It is alleged to be a front organisation for the British Nationalist Party, set up to raise money for the party from far-right sympathisers in the United States.[1][2] It should not be confused with the pressure group Liberty (previously the National Council for Civil Liberties).
The anti-fascist magazine Searchlight (magazine) whose campaigning against the British National Party is endorsed by the Daily Mirror and Britain's major trade unions[3] claims that Civil Liberty, headed by "senior BNP member" Kevin Scott, is a front group for the BNP.[4]
According to The Guardian, Civil Liberty is a fund-raising group run by key BNP activists which was set up to raise money from far right sympathisers in the United States, apparently seeking to profit from anti-Islamic sentiment in the US by presenting the BNP as being at the forefront of a campaign to save the UK from being "overwhelmed" by Muslims.[5]
The only member of Civil Liberty named on the Civil Liberty website is its founder and director, Kevin Scott.[6] Scott is a former BNP regional organizer for the North East.[7] The examples of the organization's work provided over three pages at the website all refer to action in support of prominent members of the BNP: Arthur Redfearn, BNP councilor, and Tina Wingfield, BNP membership secretary,[8] Mark Collett, head of BNP publicity, and BNP chairman Nick Griffin,[9] and prominent BNP members Adam Walker and Mark Walker.[10] No other activities involving "individuals who have been victimized because of their dissent"[11] are reported. Civil Liberty's contact address is alleged to be the PO Box belonging to the BNP's North-East Region.[12] The Guardian states that all money donated through the Civil Liberty website goes to the BNP's regional headquarters in the north-east.[13]
Since 2001 it has been illegal for any political party in the UK to accept overseas donations of more than £200, and party officials breaking the law face a year's imprisonment or a £5,000 fine. According to the Guardian, both Civil Liberty and the BNP deny they are trying to bypass UK election law, insisting they are entirely separate organisations.[14]
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