July 2016

Together Against Prevent

UK army called into ‘Trojan horse’ school to teach ‘British pride’ | Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-army-birmingham-schools-teach-british-values-guns-prevent-trojan-horse-rockwood-academy1008588112

Counter terrorism duty will lead to ‘racist behaviours’ | Emma Seith, Times Education Supplement
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/counter-terrorism-duty-will-lead-racist-behaviours

8-Year-Old Was Referred To Deradicalisation Programme After Wearing A T-Shirt At School | Siraj Datoo, BuzzFeed News
https://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/prevent-strategy-is-violating-childrens-human-rights-report

NSPCC Co-Opting Counter-Extremism Agenda Raises Concerns | Coolness of Hind
https://coolnessofhind.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/nspcc-co-opting-counter-extremism-agenda-raises-concerns/

Drive to instil British pride in Birmingham pupils to fend off extremism | Neil Elkes, Birmingham Mail
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/drive-instil-british-pride-birmingham-11662320

The UK’s Propaganda Machinery and State Surveillance of Muslim Children | Julian Vigo, Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/25/the-uks-propaganda-machinery-and-state-surveillance-of-muslim-children/

Mental illness has become a convenient scapegoat for terrorism – but the causes of terror are rarely so simple | Will Gore, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/german-terror-attacks-mental-illness-religion-isis-terrorism-scapegoats-a7155366.html

The Question Now Is Not If, But When, Prevent Will Be Repealed | Shelly Asquith, Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/shelly-asquith/prevent_b_11181268.html

Child radicalisation: NSPCC to advise concerned parents | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36897596

UK radicalisation hotline urges parents to monitor ‘disrespectful’ kids | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-radicalisation-hotline-urges-parents-monitor-disrespectful-kids-512037524

Victoria Derbyshire show: Damning report on UK Govt’s counter extremism strategy | 5Pillars
http://5pillarsuk.com/video/victoria-derbyshire-show-damning-report-on-uk-govts-counter-extremism-strategy/

Chorus of concern over Britain’s counter extremism strategy grows louder | Steve Hewitt, The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/chorus-of-concern-over-britains-counter-extremism-strategy-grows-louder-62931

Treating Muslim children as terror suspects does not make Britain safer | Homa Khaleeli, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/25/prevent-strategy-muslims-children-school

What would these US Psychologists Make of Britain’s PREVENT Strategy? | Coolness of Hind
https://coolnessofhind.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/what-would-these-us-psychologists-make-of-britains-prevent-strategy/

More than 500,000 public sector workers put through Prevent counter-terror training in bid to spot extremism | Ted Jeory and Harry Cockburn, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/extremism-prevent-counter-terror-training-public-sector-workers-bid-to-spot-a7152466.html

EXCLUSIVE: UK government to introduce ‘mandatory deradicalisation’ scheme | Simon Hooper. Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-uk-government-introduce-mandatory-deradicalisation-scheme-746303354

New counter-extremism strategy ‘could make fight even harder,’ MPs warn | Andrew Woodcock, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/counter-extremism-prevent-strategy-could-make-fight-even-harder-a7149351.html

Parliamentary report slams UK government counter-extremism policies | Simon Hooper. Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/parliamentary-report-slams-uk-government-counter-extremism-policies-1490470378

Ministers ‘struggle to define extremism’ | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36858631

MPs and Lords call for review of Prevent anti-terror strategy in schools | Eleanor Busby, Times Education Supplement
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/mps-and-lords-call-review-prevent-anti-terror-strategy-schools

MPs and peers demand review of Prevent duty | Freddie Whitaker, Schools Week
http://schoolsweek.co.uk/mps-and-peers-demand-review-of-prevent-duty/

Counter-extremism bill branded confusing by peers and MPs | Peter Walker, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/22/counter-extremism-bill-branded-confusing-by-peers-and-mps

The UK is pursuing French-style policies on extremism – but it may lead to more frequent terror attacks | Frank Foley, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nice-attack-terrorism-islamist-extremism-policies-french-terrorism-a7148046.html

Nursery nurse struck off for calling child ‘terrorist’ and a ‘bomber’ | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/20/nursery-nurse-struck-off-for-calling-child-terrorist-and-a-bomber

Wording on boy’s t-shirt prompts radicalisation referral to social workers |Luke Stevenson, Community Care
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2016/07/20/wording-boys-t-shirt-prompts-radicalisation-referral-social-workers/

The Dangers of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Programs | Alice LoCicero and J. Wesley Boyd, Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/almost-addicted/201607/the-dangers-countering-violent-extremism-cve-programs

More consistency please over Prevent inspections | Phil Hatton, FE Week
http://feweek.co.uk/2016/07/14/more-consistency-please-over-prevent-inspections/

Prevent: UK anti-terror plan ‘harms children’s rights’ | Anealla Safdar, Al-Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/07/prevent-uk-anti-terror-plan-harms-children-rights-160712201558721.html

One third of Channel referrals made by educators | Mend
http://mend.org.uk/one-third-channel-referrals-made-educators/

Human rights group condemns Prevent anti-radicalisation strategy | Owen Bowcott and Richard Adams, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/13/human-rights-group-condemns-prevent-anti-radicalisation-strategy

Sector Response: Ofsted report on inadequate ‘Prevent duty’ to protect learners from extremism | FE News
https://www.fenews.co.uk/featured-article/ofsted-further-education-and-skills-providers-prevent-duty-implementation-falling-short-in-protecting-learners-from-risk-of-extremism-sector-response-12285

Ofsted: FE providers are ‘falling short’ in protecting learners from extremism | Will Martin, Times Education Supplement
https://www.tes.com/news/further-education/breaking-news/ofsted-fe-providers-are-falling-short-protecting-learners

Independent training providers criticised in Ofsted report on implementation of anti-terror duty | Paul Offord, FE Week
http://feweek.co.uk/2016/07/12/independent-training-providers-criticised-in-ofsted-report-on-implementation-of-anti-terror-duty/

Teachers made one-third of referrals to Prevent strategy in 2015 | Rebecca Ratcliffe, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/12/teachers-made-one-third-of-referrals-to-prevent-strategy-in-2015

Legal duty to refer students under Prevent strategy divides teachers | Rebecca Ratcliffe, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/legal-duty-to-refer-students-under-prevent-strategy-divides-teachers

Archbishop of Canterbury intervenes to stop Sunday schools being affected by anti-terrorism laws | Harriet Agerholm, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/archbishop-of-canterbury-justin-welby-anti-terror-laws-christian-sunday-schools-a7129661.html

Is Prevent turning teachers into spies? | John Dickens, Schools Week
http://schoolsweek.co.uk/q-is-prevent-turning-teachers-into-spies/

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