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The United Patriots Front (UPF) is a populist far-right street protest movement based in Australia which opposes immigration, multiculturalism and Islam. It is a splinter group from the anti-Islamic Reclaim Australia group, formed after a dispute between Shermon Burgess and Reclaim Australia organisers, and has been described by The Border Mail as a hate group. ==2015== In May, UPF led a demonstration in Richmond, Victoria, claiming it to be a rally against left-wing violence and elected councillor, Stephen Jolly, of the Socialist Party. They have been described as extremist, racist, and characterised as having Neo-Nazi supporters. In June, the group protested Zaky Mallah's appearance on ''Q&A'', a television programme, by roasting a pig outside the Melbourne office of the ABC in an apparent attempt to upset Muslims.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anti-Islam group protests outside ABC building over Zaky Mallah's Q&A appearance )〕 In July, screenshots emerged showing an alleged conversation between a group member and an unknown person discussing members bringing firearms to their planned rally on July 18.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Far-right anti-Islam group to rally at Victorian Parliament House )〕 On July 23, Victoria Police commissioner Graham Ashton confirmed a firearm was seized in Sydney from a man who was travelling to the rally on July 18.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gun seized from Reclaim Australia-bound protester prompts safety concerns amongst police )〕 In August, Fairfax Media reported that one of the group's leaders, Neil Erikson, was under investigation for alleged conversations with an unknown person threatening councillor Stephen Jolly of the Socialist Party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Police investigate kill threats against Councillor Stephen Jolly )〕 In September, the group announced that they would contest the Senate at the upcoming 2016 Federal election, with a core policy being the right to bear arms. The group also distributed pamphlets to municipal, state, and federal government figures that attacked the Bendigo mayor. The pamphlet was interpreted as threat by one official. In October, the group beheaded a dummy outside the Bendigo City Council chambers to protest the 2015 Parramatta shooting and approval to construct a mosque in Bendigo. A leader of the local anti-mosque group disassociated from the UPF.〔 They later held a demonstration in Rosalind park which attracted around 1,000 supporters in conjunction with the World Wide rally for Humanity, which was a global anti-Islam rally. A Victorian police officer said that most protesters who came to protest in Bendigo traveled from other Australian states.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bendigo's anti-mosque protest: United Patriots Front nationalist group behind demonstration )〕 On the eve of their upcoming rally in Bendigo, the group was targeted by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who said they "wouldn't be able to spell Bendigo". An administrator of the group's Facebook page was featured in a video with Australia First Party chairman Jim Saleam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Far-right anti-Islam group to rally at Victorian Parliament House )〕 Blair Cottrell, an organiser, told Neil Mitchell his organisation would "only be violent if they needed to defend themselves."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anti-Islam rally organiser cannot guarantee protest will be violence-free )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Patriots Front」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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