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1. BREAKING: The Canadian government has just banned 4 far-right groups as terrorist groups, along with 9 others, mostly AQ/ISIS affiliates:
(a) Atomwaffen Division
(b) The Base
(c) The Proud Boys (Canada is the only country to list them so far)
(d) The Russian Imperial Movement
(a) Atomwaffen Division
(b) The Base
(c) The Proud Boys (Canada is the only country to list them so far)
(d) The Russian Imperial Movement
2. For the AWD and the Base, you can read some reports here:
(a) https://thesoufancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Atomwaffen-Division-The-Evolution-of-the-White-Supremacy-Threat-August-2020-.pdf
(b) https://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/411
(c) https://icct.nl/app/uploads/2019/07/ICCT-Ware-Siege-July2019.pdf
(a) https://thesoufancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Atomwaffen-Division-The-Evolution-of-the-White-Supremacy-Threat-August-2020-.pdf
(b) https://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/411
(c) https://icct.nl/app/uploads/2019/07/ICCT-Ware-Siege-July2019.pdf
3. For the Proud Boys. Canada is the ONLY country to have listed the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity.
(a) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439884.2018.1544149?needAccess=true
(b) https://icct.nl/publication/swiping-right-the-allure-of-hyper-masculinity-and-cryptofascism-for-men-who-join-the-proud-boys/
(c) https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_--dDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA15&dq=proud+boys&ots=HsIHlM5NNh&sig=B-tAYaY2T1D5ERA89SKOdPazKoc#v=onepage&q=proud%20boys&f=false
(a) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439884.2018.1544149?needAccess=true
(b) https://icct.nl/publication/swiping-right-the-allure-of-hyper-masculinity-and-cryptofascism-for-men-who-join-the-proud-boys/
(c) https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_--dDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA15&dq=proud+boys&ots=HsIHlM5NNh&sig=B-tAYaY2T1D5ERA89SKOdPazKoc#v=onepage&q=proud%20boys&f=false
4. For RIM:
(a) https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/russian-imperial-movement
(b) https://thesoufancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/TSC-Report-Inside-the-Russian-Imperial-Movement-Practical-Implications-of-U.S.-Sanctions.pdf
(a) https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/russian-imperial-movement
(b) https://thesoufancenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/TSC-Report-Inside-the-Russian-Imperial-Movement-Practical-Implications-of-U.S.-Sanctions.pdf
5. Also listed in Canada today:
3 AQ affiliates: Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin, Front de Libération du Macina, and Ansar Dine
5 ISIS affiliates: IS West Africa Province, IS in the
Greater Sahara, IS in Libya, IS East Asia, and IS Bangladesh
1 other: Hizbul Mujahideen
3 AQ affiliates: Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin, Front de Libération du Macina, and Ansar Dine
5 ISIS affiliates: IS West Africa Province, IS in the
Greater Sahara, IS in Libya, IS East Asia, and IS Bangladesh
1 other: Hizbul Mujahideen
6/6. This brings the total number of banned entities in Canada to 73, and includes six far-right groups.
