August 2017

Together Against Prevent

Britain Forges Ahead With Anti-Extremism Commission | Daniel Blackman, National Catholic |Register
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/britain-forges-ahead-with-anti-extremism-commission

Prevent scheme ‘fosters fear and censorship at universities’ | Josh Halliday, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/prevent-scheme-fosters-fear-and-censorship-at-universities-just-yorkshire

Prevent: Home Office’s anti-extremism programme may be made compulsory in some cases | Rob Merrick, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/prevent-anti-extremism-programme-home-office-compulsory-cases-islamist-terrorism-simon-cole-a7885881.html

Prevent scheme referrals double since 2017 UK terror attacks | Press Association, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/09/prevent-referrals-double-since-2017-uk-terror-attacks

A senior copper has slammed critics of the government’s anti-terror strategy. But he’s convincing nobody | Glen Block, The Canary
https://www.thecanary.co/2017/08/08/senior-copper-slammed-critics-governments-anti-terror-strategy-hes-convincing-nobody/

Senior Met officer says some British Muslims ‘do not want Prevent strategy to work’ | John Ashmore, Politics Home
https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/home-affairs/terrorism/news/88069/senior-met-officer-says-some-british-muslims-do-not-want

Universities stop spying on their students? Now that’s a radical idea | Giles Fraser, The Guardian
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2017/aug/03/universities-stop-spying-on-their-students-now-thats-a-radical-idea

Schools ‘overzealous’ in reporting radicalisation fears | Helen Ward, TES
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/schools-overzealous-reporting-radicalisation-fears

University cleaners trained to spot students at risk from extremism | Anna Davis, The Evening Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/university-cleaners-trained-to-spot-students-at-risk-from-extremism-a3601106.html