Interior Ministry attempts to outlaw far-right party

The Interior Ministry is seeking to outlaw the far-right Workers’ Party, a ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Václav Henych confirmed that the Interior Ministry will ask the country’s Supreme Administrative Court to rule on the legality of the political party. The Workers’ Party has made headlines recently for forming its own vigilante groups to patrol areas predominantly populated by the Czech Republic’s Roma minority. A spokesperson for the party said that he had been aware of the ministry’s attempts to outlaw the organization for a while, and that he hoped the Supreme Administrative Court would rule in the party’s favour.