:Hundred-Handers (group)
{{Short description|International far right anti-immigration nationalist group}}
The Hundred-Handers are a British far-right anti-immigration group. The group are known to put up posters and stickers promoting alt-right nationalism.{{Cite web|url=https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/q-a-who-are-the-uk-s-far-right-hundred-handers-35687|title=Q&A: Who are the UK's far-right Hundred-Handers?|website=Q&A: Who are the UK's far-right Hundred-Handers?}}{{cite web | title=Posters, stickers promoting white nationalism appear in south Etobicoke - CBC News | website=CBC | date=2020-06-23 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/posters-stickers-white-nationalism-etobicoke-police-investigating-1.5624449 | access-date=2020-06-29}} It has been alleged that they have put razor blades behind their stickers.{{Cite web|last=Stewart|first=Stephen|date=2020-10-23|title=Sinister Nazi group hide blades behind stickers in Scotland-wide hate campaign|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/vicious-nazi-groups-razor-blade-22876959|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Daily Record|language=en}}{{cite news|first1=Will|last1=Humphries|access-date=2021-09-14|title=Neo-Nazis 'concealing blades behind posters'|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/neo-nazis-concealing-blades-behind-posters-fhljzz382|issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}} Their stickers have also appeared in Canada.
History
The group was first reported in May 2018, according to TRT World.
In January 2020, fake Extinction Rebellion posters were reported in Brighton. These included: 'Stop white genocide', 'House the world, destroy the environment' and 'population control in the third world'. A member of Extinction Rebellion Brighton said the posters were "against everything we stand for".{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18155161.vile---fake-posters-extinction-rebellion-logo-spotted-brighton/|title='Vile' - fake posters with climate group's logo spotted|website=The Argus|date=13 January 2020 }} In March 2020, further such stickers appeared in Bedford.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/far-right-group-posts-fake-extinction-rebellion-stickers-around-bedford/|title=Far-right group posts fake Extinction Rebellion stickers around Bedford|first=Erica|last=Roffe|date=March 29, 2020}} In September 2020, stickers with racist slogans and linked to the Hundred Handers appeared in the Crookes area of Sheffield. Stickers were also reported in Scotland.
In June 2020, it was reported that the group had put up messages in Canada, such as: "Never apologise for being white," and "There is a war on whites" and "It's okay to be white."
In 2021, Hampshire Police increased patrols and examined CCTV footage in response to the Hundred-Handers posting anti-immigrant, White power stickers in the town of Romsey, including some that read "White Privilege Excellence."{{Cite web|title=Police investigate 'horrid' and 'racist' stickers put up in town|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19228638.romsey-leaders-condemn-horrid-racist-stickers/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Daily Echo|date=13 April 2021 |language=en}}
In March 2024, the head of the organisation's Telegram Messenger group was sentenced to two years in prison for racially-aggravated criminal damage and inciting racial hatred.{{cite news |last1=Coyle |first1=Hayley |title=Samuel Melia: Far-right activist jailed after sticker campaign |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-68448867 |access-date=3 March 2024 |work=BBC News |date=1 March 2024}}