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Civil Liberty is a civil rights organisation claiming to be autonomous of any political party in the United Kingdom. It has been alleged to be a front organisation for the British Nationalist Party (BNP), set up to raise money for the party from far-right sympathisers in the United States.〔http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=194〕 It should not be confused with the pressure group Liberty (previously the National Council for Civil Liberties). ==Claims of connections to the British National Party== The magazine Searchlight (magazine) whose campaigning against the BNP is endorsed by the ''Daily Mirror'' and Britain's major trade unions〔http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/hope-not-hate/〕 claims that Civil Liberty, headed by "senior BNP member" Kevin Scott, is a front group for the BNP.〔http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=194〕 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.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/03/partyfunding.thefarright〕 The only member of Civil Liberty named on the Civil Liberty website is its founder and director, Kevin Scott.〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/index.html〕 Scott is a former BNP regional organizer for the North East.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/organisers/kevin_scott.stm〕 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,〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/ourwork.htm〕 Mark Collett, head of BNP publicity, and BNP chairman Nick Griffin,〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/ourwork2.htm〕 and prominent BNP members Adam Walker and Mark Walker.〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/ourwork3.htm〕 No other activities involving "individuals who have been victimized because of their dissent"〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/ourwork.htm〕 are reported. Civil Liberty's contact address is alleged to be the PO Box belonging to the BNP's North-East Region.〔http://kirkunity.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html〕 The Guardian states that all money donated through the Civil Liberty website goes to the BNP's regional headquarters in the north-east.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/03/partyfunding.thefarright〕 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.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/03/partyfunding.thefarright〕 In November 2012 its chairman Kevin Scott has become the care-taking chairman of the newly formed, British Democratic Party〔http://efp.org.uk/building-a-new-party/〕 and was invited to share a debate with Brian Paddick at the Cambridge Union Society〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/newsdetail.php?newsid=1577〕 but was withdrawn due to the increasing pressure of Searchlight.〔http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/blogs/searchlight-blog/fascist-leader-withdraws-from-debate〕〔http://www.civilliberty.org.uk/newsdetail.php?newsid=1602〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Civil Liberty (UK)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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