LONDON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two neo-Nazi organisations were banned on Thursday as they were considered by the government to be terrorist organisations.
An order was laid in the British Parliament to proscribe Scottish Dawn and NS131 (National Socialist Anti-Capitalist Action), aliases of the group National Action which was banned last December.
As a result of the new order, which comes into effect Friday, being a member or inviting support for any of terrorist organisations will be a criminal offence that carries a sentence of up to 10 years' imprisonment.
A spokesperson for the government interior ministry said: "The neo-Nazi group National Action was banned last year following an assessment that it was 'concerned in terrorism.' The order laid today means that it cannot operate as Scottish Dawn or NS131, which have been identified as alternate names the group has used."
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: "National Action is a vile racist, homophobic, and anti-semitic group which glorifies violence and stirs up hatred while promoting their poisonous ideology and I will not allow them to masquerade under different names."
Rudd said the government would continue to identify and ban any terrorist group, whatever their ideology.
The Home Office added: "National Action's online propaganda material featured violent imagery and language, inferring that violent acts, including the attack on the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando and the murder of Jo Cox (the MP who was assassinated) should be emulated. Decisions about proscribing or extending the proscription of a particular organisation are taken after extensive consideration and in light of a full assessment of available information."
The move comes after 11 men were arrested by counter-terrorism detectives on Wednesday across northern England and Wales on suspicion of being members of the group.
