New Zealand has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organisations. 7NEWS
, making it illegal in New Zealand to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and obligating authorities to take action against them.
Proud Boys in Washington on January 6, 2021. New Zealand authorities said the group’s involvement in the violent attack on the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 amounted to an act of terrorism.In a 29-page explanation of the Proud Boys designation published on Thursday, New Zealand authorities said the group’s involvement in the violent attack on the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 amounted to an act of terrorism.
New Zealand authorities argued that before the Capitol attack, the Proud Boys had a history of using street rallies and social media to intimidate opponents and recruit young men through demonstrations of violence. It said the group had put up various smoke screens to hide its extremism.