Ten charged following biggest series of anti-extremist police raids in Czech Republic to date

Ten people were charged following a series of raids on Tuesday evening targeting far-right extremists in the Czech Republic. Flats and cars were searched and goods were confiscated from one Prague shop as part of the biggest anti-extremist police operation this country has ever seen. According to the head of the Czech Police’s Organised Crime Unit, Pavel Hanták, the raids were the culmination of months of investigation into far-right groups in the Czech Republic. If found guilty of ‘promoting a movement surpressing freedom and human rights’, the ten people charged could face up to eight years in prison, Mr Hanták added. In related news, all members of the government and the heads of both the Czech lower house and Senate signed a statement on Tuesday pledging to take a common stand against growing extremism and racism in the Czech Republic.