>From the Electronic Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003038683162729&rtmo=kNNe1q1p&atmo=ggggg3MK&pg=/et/00/8/13/npaed13.html A FAR-RIGHT group with links to the National Front is organising demonstrations against suspected paedophiles. The National Democrats, a group founded by former members of the National Front, has set up a website called Paedophile Watch to "out" suspected child abusers with leaflets and demonstrations. The site, which also lists newspaper reports containing the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders, may also be linked with Antimatter, the anti-paedophile group whose campaign prompted riots and led to innocent men being driven from their homes. Police have been investigating the group after letters wrongly identified two men in South London as child sex offenders. The organisation gave out leaflets to neighbours of Michael Horgan, of Brockley, and Victor Terry of Croydon, neither of whom have criminal records. Both are namesakes of two other men, also from South London, named as paedophiles by the News of the World. Last night a reporter posing as a member of the public contacted the Paedophile Watch number posted on the website and was told that if he supplied a paedophile's name, address and details, leaflets could be distributed near the abuser's home. The male voice on the end of the telephone, who refused to give his identity said: "We obviously want to help anyone who has a child abuser living nearby. If you give me the details we will check it out." Police are studying the group's letters, which read: "A paedophile is in your area. Thanks to the News of the World we can now target this man." The person's address, telephone number and alleged offences were also given. The tactics bear the hallmarks of far-Right groups, according to Mike Whine, of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who said said that such organisations were quick to jump on the bandwagon and whip up violent sentiments in the hope of recruiting new members. Mr Whine said: "The National Democrats have been at the forefront of this move and organised demonstrations against paedophiles two years' ago. The anti-paedophile groups share members and information on child abusers and the National Democrats may well be connected to Antimatter." The News of the World campaign, which has so far led to five innocent people being hounded as sex offenders, comes at a time when ministers are being forced to remove thousands of names from the sex offenders' registers because of the new Human Rights Act. The legislation, which seeks to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into British law from October 2, states that all citizens have the right to privacy unless this is outweighed by other grounds, such as protecting the public from criminals. The move to drop names follows warnings that the register of 110,000 names will be declared unlawful under "right to privacy" clauses unless it is urgently amended. The problem arises because, in addition to paedophiles, the present register contains the names of people convicted of what civil rights groups consider "one-off" offences. Home Office insiders last night reassured the public that nobody considered a danger to children would be taken off the register and that the only people likely to be dropped would be those convicted of lesser offences while paedophiles will remain on it. Among those likely to be removed from the register are adults convicted of engaging in consensual sex acts not involving children, such as group homosexual and sado-masochistic acts, and young people involved in underage sex. A review of the register is being carried out and proposals will be unveiled in the autumn. At present all sexual offenders are kept on the list and have to report their whereabouts to local police but John Wadham, the legal director of Liberty, the civil rights pressure group, said that removing some of the names would make the register more effective "because police are obliged at present to keep tabs on a large number of people who pose no danger to children". He said: "I think there are likely to be challenges made by people who are not a threat to children who will argue that the restrictions on their privacy are not justified. It is really an opportunity to make the register better focused on paedophiles and sex offenders who are a real danger to the public." Meanwhile in Austria, Dieter B�hmdorfer, the justice minister, yesterday raised the possibility of his country publicising information about convicted paedophiles, saying it appeared to be the will of the public. Mr B�hmdorfer, from the Right-wing Freedom Party, told Austrian State radio that making such information public could be necessary to protect victims. Saying that such a move could only take place within the context of the country's laws, he said that the information should not have the character of a "witch-hunt". Editors of leading Austrian newspapers have already said that they will not take part in such a campaign. 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