On Wednesday, the Austrian government adopted an amendment to the law that expands the list of prohibited symbols by introducing, among others, Ustasha symbols.
The law will enter into force on March 1 next year, and the penalty for disobeying it will be up to 10.000 euros, which is far more than the spread and use of Nazi symbols, for which the highest penalty is 4000 euros.
Thus, the symbols of the Ustasha movement and the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) were found alongside the symbols of terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State and Al Qaeda, and some other organizations, mostly from Islamic countries, whose goals are in conflict with the fundamental values of Austria - the explanation states. reports Al Jazeera.
In the amendments to the law, which should be adopted by the parliament next weekend, there are symbols of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Gray Wolves, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Hamas, the military wing of Hezbollah, as well as Ustasha symbols.
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