One charged after weekend raids on neo-Nazi marches

Police in the western Bohemian town of Most have officially charged a participant in last weekend’s far-right extremist marches with promoting Nazism. According the police, the detained man was wearing neo-Nazi symbols on his clothing. Dozens of people were arrested at the weekend for involvement in unapproved gatherings as part of a recent, more large-scale effort on the part of the Czech police to clamp down on right-wing extremism. If convicted the suspect faces up to three years in prison under laws forbidding the “endorsement or promotion of movements to suppress human rights and freedoms”.