JAKARTA - The United States on Monday, January 13, imposed sanctions on the right extreme online network known as "Terrorgram." They designated it a terrorist group and accused it of promoting white supremacists that led to violence.
The US State Department said in a statement it had included this group, which mainly operates on Telegram's social media platform, as well as its three leaders as Specially Appointed Global Terrorists.
According to the statement, the group has motivated and facilitated attacks and attempted attacks by its users, including shootings in 2022 outside the LGBTQ bar in Slovakia, planned attacks in 2024 against energy facilities in New Jersey, and attacks with knives at mosques in Turkey in August 2024.
"The group promotes white supremacists that lead to violence, calls for attacks on those deemed opposed, and provides instructional guidance and material on tactics, methods, and targets of attacks, including critical infrastructure and government officials," the State Department said. , quoted by VOI from Reuters.
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This action froze the US assets and barred Americans from dealing with them. Three sanctioned leaders last Monday were reportedly based in Brazil, Croatia, and South Africa, according to the statement.
In September 2024, US prosecutors disclosed criminal charges against the two group leaders, who are said to have used Telegram to request attacks on black, Jewish, LGBTQ, and immigrants communities with the aim of fueling racial war.
In April 2024, Britain announced that it would ban the collective Terrorgram as a terrorist organization, thus becoming a criminal act in the country to become a member or promote the group.
US President Joe Biden, during his term of office, explicitly criticized white supremacies. In 2021, Biden launched the first US National Strategy to counter Domestic Terrorism, which includes resources to identify and demand new threats and attempts to prevent Americans from joining dangerous groups.
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