February 2016

Together Against Prevent

Governing through Prevent? Regulation and Contested Practice in State–Muslim Engagement | Therese O’Toole and others, Sociology
https://togetheragainstprevent.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sociology-2016-O-Toole-160-77.pdf pdf

Preventing free thought on campus | Jacob Furedi, Spiked Online
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/preventing-free-thought-on-campus

UK counterterrorism strategy just does not ‘prevent’ | Rachel Shabi, Aljazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/uk-counterterrorism-strategy-prevent-160221133827418.html

I won’t stop offering a platform to so-called ‘hate speakers’ | Julius Weinberg, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/feb/23/its-the-job-of-universities-to-challenge-ideas-we-cant-let-prevent-get-int-the-way

The mental trauma caused by Prevent on Muslim children | Amar Alam, 5Pillarz
http://5pillarsuk.com/2016/02/21/the-mental-trauma-caused-by-prevent-on-muslim-children/

UK doctors urged to boycott ‘unethical’ anti-extremism programme | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/NHS%20prevent%20extremism

Staff speak out over duty to spot possible terrorists | Chris Owen, Nouse
http://www.nouse.co.uk/2016/02/16/staff-speak-out-over-duty-to-spot-possible-terrorists/

Anti-terror police question schoolboy for wearing pro-Palestine badge | Matt Broomfield, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/anti-terror-police-question-schoolboy-for-wearing-pro-palestine-badge-a6873656.html

Cage leaks training materials for Prevent anti-extremism strategy | Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/10/cage-leaks-training-materials-prevent-anti-extremism-strategy

Mandating doctors to attend counter-terrorism workshops is medically unethical | Derek Summerfield, BJPsych Bulletin
https://togetheragainstprevent.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pb.bp_.115.053173.full_.pdf pdf

UK teachers told to monitor pro-Palestine students for extremism | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/leaked-uk-counter-extremism-documents-cite-interest-palestine-cause-concern-1601515896

Prevent isn’t making anyone safer. It is demonising Muslims and damaging the fabric of trust in society | Letters, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/10/prevent-isnt-making-anyone-safer-it-is-demonising-muslims-and-damaging-the-fabric-of-trust-in-society

British Effort to Identify Potential Radicals Spurs Debate Over Profiling | Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura, The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/world/europe/british-effort-to-identify-potential-radicals-spurs-debate-over-profiling.html

Anti-terror laws risk ‘chilling effect’ on academic debate – Oxford college head | Richard Adams, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/feb/07/anti-terror-laws-academic-debate-oxford-college-ken-macdonald-prevent-strategy-university

What is Prevent really preventing? | Anisa Mustafa, Discover Society
http://discoversociety.org/2016/02/02/what-is-prevent-really-preventing/

Prevent strategy ‘sowing mistrust and fear in Muslim communities’ | David Batty, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/03/prevent-strategy-sowing-mistrust-fear-muslim-communities

UK watchdog calls for review of government counter-extremism policy | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-watchdog-calls-review-government-counter-extremism-policy-970029054

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