January 2017

Together Against Prevent

Theresa May’s counter-terrorism bill close to ‘sinking without trace’ | Mark Townsend, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/29/theresa-may-counter-terrorism-bill-sinking-without-trace-extremism-british-values

Council admits racially discriminating against two boys over Prevent toy gun referral | Esther Addley and Alexandra Topping, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/bedfordshire-local-education-authority-admits-racial-discrimination-brothers-toy-gun-school-police

Prevent is not working, and it undermines trust between teachers and pupils | Lucy Allan MP, Politics Home
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/home-affairs/terrorism/opinion/house-commons/82786/lucy-allan-mp-prevent-not-working-and-it

New figures prompt claims of ‘no confidence’ in Scots counter terror policy | The Ferret
https://theferret.scot/no-confidence-scots-prevent-counter-terrorism-policy/

Towards a closed society: The worrying themes of the leaked OSCT PREVENT Catalogue | CAGE
https://cage.ngo/article/towards-a-closed-society-the-worrying-themes-of-the-leaked-osct-prevent-catalogue/

London university admits to monitoring student emails under pressure Government anti-terror programme | Rachael Pells, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/kings-college-london-prevent-anti-terror-london-university-islamaphobia-monitoring-student-emails-a7538931.html

Prevent on campus: London university reads students’ emails | Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/leading-university-monitored-and-recorded-student-emails-because-prevent-1178811764

UK counter-terror laws most Orwellian in Europe, says Amnesty | Owen Bowcott, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/17/uk-counter-terror-laws-most-orwellian-in-europe-says-amnesty

UK counter-extremism agenda: ‘Safeguarding’ as routine punishment and collective self-policing | Les Levidow, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/les-levidow/uk-counter-extremism-agenda-safeguarding-as-routine-punishment-and-co

Google-hosted Muslim leaders summit linked to Home Office Prevent unit | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/imams-online-breakthrough-media-home-office-prevent-402044882

Leaked government document names ‘vetted’ organisations in receipt of £1.2 million in PREVENT funding | CAGE
https://cage.ngo/press-release/leaked-government-document-names-vetted-organisations-in-receipt-of-1-2-million-in-prevent-funding/

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