{"id":23891,"date":"2018-12-01T05:23:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T05:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=23891"},"modified":"2018-12-01T05:23:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T05:23:13","slug":"founder-of-us-far-right-group-denied-australian-visa-abc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=23891","title":{"rendered":"Founder of US far-right group denied Australian visa: ABC report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Australian Home Affairs Department has blocked the visa application of Gavin McInnes, the founder of the US\u00a0far-right group the Proud Boys<\/a>, after he failed the character test required to enter Australia, according to Australian broadcaster ABC.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the Department of Home Affairs said in a statement carried by ABC on Friday that the character test was mandatory for non-citizens who have decisive opinions.<\/p>\n

“For visitors who may hold controversial views, any risk they may pose will be balanced against Australia’s well-established freedom of speech and freedom of beliefs, amongst other relevant considerations,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

The report followed an online petition, which <\/span>called on the Immigration Minister David Coleman to ban Gavin McInnes from visiting the country in February 2019 for a speaking tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

The petition, which was signed by more than 81,000 people, was founded by Nyadol Nyuon<\/a>, a lawyer. Along with other activists and Labour MPs, Nyuon delivered the petition to Parliament House in the capital of Canberra.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“More than 80,000 Australians … refuse to turn a blind eye to this clear record of violence incitement, and the violence of the Proud Boys,” ABC\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/a>\u00a0Nyuon as saying on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Proud Boys were founded by Mr McInnes in 2016, and describe themselves as “a pro-Western fraternal organisation for men who refuse to apologise for creating the modern world; aka Western Chauvinists”.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, McInnes, who has been banned from Twitter, announced he was “reluctantly” cutting all ties to the Proud Boys.<\/span><\/p>\n

US law enforcement agency, the FBI<\/a>, has designated the group an “extremist group with ties to white nationalism”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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