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| BNP member rules case adjourned | |
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| A legal case about ethnic restrictions on the British National Party's membership rules has been adjourned. | |
| The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has issued proceedings against BNP leader Nick Griffin and two party officials. | The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has issued proceedings against BNP leader Nick Griffin and two party officials. |
| It claims the party's policy of limiting its membership to "indigenous Caucasian" people is illegal. | It claims the party's policy of limiting its membership to "indigenous Caucasian" people is illegal. |
| The party has called the action a "pathetic attempt" by the commission to divert attention from its own problems. | The party has called the action a "pathetic attempt" by the commission to divert attention from its own problems. |
| According to the EHRC, the party's membership criteria appeared to be restricted to those within certain ethnic groups and to white people, which it says is contradictory to the Race Relations Act. | According to the EHRC, the party's membership criteria appeared to be restricted to those within certain ethnic groups and to white people, which it says is contradictory to the Race Relations Act. |
| The BNP has said it intends to clarify the word "white" on its website and that the commission has brought the action "at the behest of the Labour Party". | The BNP has said it intends to clarify the word "white" on its website and that the commission has brought the action "at the behest of the Labour Party". |
| The case, which was due to be heard at Central London County Court, was adjourned for six weeks. |