Charlottesville car attack suspect remains behind bars as judge denies bail
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A Virginia judge on Monday declined to set bail for James Alex Fields Jr., the 20-year-old Ohio man accused of second-degree murder and other charges after authorities said he plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters near the scene of a white supremacist rally that erupted into violence. That means Fields, […]
Charlottesville attack: What, where and who?
On Friday night, hundreds of marchers descended on the University of Virginia carrying torches and yelling slogans “white lives matter” and “blood and soil”. Protests turned violent in Charlottesville on Saturday, as white supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators and a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators . Here is what we know.
Driver Who Struck Protestors In Charlottesville Virginia Identified, Charged
A man named James Alex Fields Jr. has been identified and accused of killing one woman and injuring 19 others when he allegedly drove a speeding car into a group of people Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia. The crowd was protesting a gathering of far-right activists who came to the city for an event called “Unite […]
Virginia governor urges people to avoid alt-right rally
Virginia’s governor has urged people to stay away from a planned weekend rally of far-right and white supremacist groups in the university town of Charlottesville. Charlottesville, an otherwise sleepy city of 46,000 in central Virginia, is bracing for an influx of hundreds of far-right activists – among them white supremacists and neo-Nazis from across the […]
Unite the Right: White supremacists rally in Virginia
Hundreds of far-right activists have gathered in the US city of Charlottesville, Virginia, to rally against plans to remove a Confederate statue, prompting the city to declare a “local emergency” amid clashes. Announced on Saturday morning, the declaration of a local emergency has enabled local authorities to obtain additional resources and render the rally an […]
Chanting ‘blood and soil!’ white nationalists with torches march on University of Virginia
Chanting “blood and soil,” “white lives matter” and “you will not replace us,” scores of white nationalists holding torches marched across the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Friday night. Scuffles broke out between them and a small group of counter-protesters calling themselves “anti-fascists” who were surrounded as they demonstrated in advance of Saturday’s […]
3 Killed After Violent Rally in Virginia; Governor Tells White Supremacists to ‘Go Home’
Virginia’s governor on Saturday told white supremacists, who had gathered in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a Confederate statue, to “go home” after three people were killed in violence at a rally and in a helicopter crash that police linked to the protest. Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency after fights broke […]
KKK rally in Virginia met with large counterprotest
At least 23 people have been arrested during a march in the US state of Virginia by supporters of the white supremacist group, Ku Klux Klan. A few dozen Klansmen protesting against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville were met by hundreds of jeering counter-protesters on Saturday.
British Government Accused of Failing to Tackle Extreme Right Terror Threat
The British government is being urged to do more to tackle violence by right-wing extremists, following the attack outside London’s Finsbury Park mosque in the early hours of Monday morning. One person died and at least 11 were injured when 47-year-old Darren Osborne from Wales drove his van into a crowd of worshippers, reportedly shouting…
What Is Alt-Right?
With the rise of President Donald Trump in the U.S., the country’s attention has shifted to the rise of an alternative or alt-right — a group of people supporting far-right ideologies. People supporting this ideology are blamed for promoting racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny. Rejecting mainstream conservatism, supporters of the alt-right ideology say they are mainly […]