The Ukrainian Embassy in the United Kingdom demands that the official Coat of Arms of Ukraine Tryzub (Trident) be removed from the British Extremism Guide.
"Placing the Trident #Tryzub, [the] constitutional national symbol & Coat of Arms of #Ukraine, in Extremism Guide produced by @TerrorismPolice for UK teachers & medical staff is beyond outrageous. No explanations acceptable," the Embassy said on Twitter on January 19. "We demand Trident be removed from Guide with official apologies."
Placing the Trident #Tryzub, constitutional national symbol&Coat of Arms of #Ukraine, in Extremism Guide produced by @TerrorismPolice for UK teachers&medical staff is beyond outrageous. No explanations acceptable. We demand Trident to be removed from Guide with official apologies pic.twitter.com/sYbjW9yrsb
— Ukraine's Emb. to UK (@UkrEmbLondon) January 19, 2020
The guide is produced by Counter Terrorism Policing and used across England as part of training for Prevent, the anti-radicalization scheme designed to catch those at risk of committing terrorist violence, The Guardian said on January 17.
Journalists drew attention to the fact that the counter-terrorism police document distributed to medical staff and teachers as part of anti-extremism briefings included Greenpeace, Peta and other non-violent groups as well as neo-Nazis.
It also features the Ukrainian Azov battalion's insignia.
