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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

June 2017

Together Against Prevent

Theresa May’s counter-extremism plan will create an incompetent police state | Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/nafeez-mosaddeq-ahmed/theresa-may-s-counter-extremism-plan-will-create-incompetent-p

Muslim children as young as nine branded terrorists in wake of recent terror attacks, reveals Childline | May Bulman, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nine-year-old-children-terrorists-race-faith-hate-bullying-childline-manchester-arena-terror-attack-a7810051.html

A Corbyn-led government should start by scrapping the Prevent Strategy | Ava Nanopolous, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/eva-nanopoulos/corbyn-led-government-should-start-by-scrapping-prevent-strategy

Andy Burnham pledges to replace Prevent strategy in Manchester | Josh Halliday, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/22/prevent-andy-burnham-greater-manchester-muslim-communities

Why criminalising non-violent extremism won’t prevent terrorism | Daniel Kirkpatrick, The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/why-criminalising-non-violent-extremism-wont-prevent-terrorism-78973

UN says Prevent extremism policy is ‘inherently flawed’ | George Greenwood, BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40286861

What Britain needs to fight terrorism is evidence – not ideology | Sayeeda Warsi, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/05/britain-fight-terrorism-evidence-ideology-prevent-muslim-community

How should we deal with UK extremism? By erasing inequality | Faiza Shaheen, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/06/uk-extremism-manchester-london-attacks-inequality

We will not tackle extremism by stigmatising Muslim citizens | Tariq Ramadan, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/05/we-will-not-tackle-extremism-by-stigmatising-muslims

Theresa May’s talk about British values puts all Muslims under suspicion | Myriam Francois, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/04/theresa-may-british-values-muslims-terror-threat

The ‘Trojan Horse’ plot? A figment of neo-Conservative imagination | Peter Oborne, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/trojan-horse-plot-figment-neo-conservative-imagination-1295765958

May 2017

Together Against Prevent

UN investigator calls for independent review of ‘divisive’ Prevent | Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-human-rights-expert-calls-independent-review-prevent-week-election-1146596090

‘Trojan Horse’: Cases against teachers dropped | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-40094333

Manchester attack: Abedi ‘not known’ to Prevent scheme | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40093926

The shameless pushers of Prevent who took advantage of the Manchester attack | Dilly Hussain, 5PillarsUK
http://5pillarsuk.com/2017/05/30/the-relentless-pushers-of-prevent-who-took-advantage-of-the-manchester-attack/

Five teachers accused in Trojan horse affair free to return to classroom | Richard Adams, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/may/30/trojan-horse-tribunal-five-birmingham-teachers-islam

Sayeeda Warsi: UK policy on radicalisation ‘has been flawed for years’ | Sian Cain, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/29/sayeeda-warsi-uk-policy-on-radicalisation-has-been-flawed-for-years

Manchester bomber ‘was not referred to Prevent’ despite local concerns | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/manchester-bomber-was-not-referred-prevent-report-975699301

If we asked young British Muslims what they think about extremism, we might actually be able to tackle the issue | Mubeen Hussain, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/manchester-attack-salman-abedi-young-british-muslims-voiceless-islamophobia-a7756926.html

Reality Check: Why does the Prevent strategy divide opinion? BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40060325

Theresa May plans anti-extremism drive if Tories win election | Alan Travis, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/25/theresa-may-anti-extremism-drive-tories-manchester-attack

Theresa May Is Under Pressure To Review An Anti-Extremism Strategy That Has Alienated Many Muslims |  Alex Spence, Buzzfeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexspence/theresa-may-is-under-pressure-to-review-an-anti-extremism

After Manchester: It’s time to rethink Prevent |  Tom Charles, Al Araby
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/5/24/after-manchester-its-time-to-rethink-prevent

After admitting it can’t define ‘extremism’, Conservative Party pledges to defeat it | Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/after-admitting-define-extremism-Conservative-party-pledge-to-defeat-extremism-tories-pledge-defeat-extremism-despite-no-working-definition-term-1070493101

Don’t Go to the Doctor | Karma Nabulsi, London Review of Books
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n10/karma-nabulsi/dont-go-to-the-doctor

Leak: counter-terrorism strategy in Scotland focuses on sectarianism and far right | Billy Briggs, The Ferret
https://theferret.scot/counter-terrorism-scotland-sectarianism-far-right-leaked-email/

EU embraces UK counter-extremism policies despite human rights concerns | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/european-embrace-uk-counter-extremism-policies-despite-human-rights-concerns-1550167935

Lecturers ‘failing to report students over radicalisation’ | Dominic Kennedy, The Times
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lecturers-failing-to-report-students-over-radicalisation-cc9sn668j

April 2017

Together Against Prevent

Far-right Polish MEP barred from London university ‘under anti-terror laws’| Luke Dolan, TalkRadio
http://talkradio.co.uk/news/far-right-polish-mep-barred-london-university-under-anti-terror-laws-17042713091

World’s longest ambulance convoy’ defiant in face of police ‘harassment’ | Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/world-s-longest-ambulance-convoy-defiant-face-police-harassment-589946840

Is there any place for counterterrorism in the NHS? | Anna Gulland. British Medical Journal
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1998

NHS not doing enough to help police prevent terror attacks, warns Met’s counterterrorism chief | Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/26/nhs-not-enough-help-police-prevent-terror-attacks-warns-mets/

Report signs of friends’ radicalisation, say UCL students | William McLennan, Camden New Journal
http://camdennewjournal.com/article/report-signs-of-friends-radicalisation-say-ucl-students

‘Prevent’, free speech and antisemitism | Walter Armbrust, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/walter-armbrust/prevent-free-speech-and-antisemitism

Low number of Scots pupils referred to anti-terror Prevent | Shan Ross, The Scotsman
http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/low-number-of-scots-pupils-referred-to-anti-terror-prevent-1-4414753

Extent of Prevent counter-terror surveillance of Scottish society to remain secret after FoI ruling | David Jamieson, Common Space
https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/10707/extent-prevent-counter-terror-surveillance-scottish-society-remain-secret-after-foi

British government uses failed Prevent as a bargaining tool in Brexit | CAGE
https://cage.ngo/article/british-government-uses-failed-prevent-as-a-bargaining-tool-in-brexit/

My ‘ethnic profiling’ arrest has shown me I’ll always be treated differently in the UK | Anonymous, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/04/ethnic-profiling-arrest-prevent-police-terror-suspect

Met police investigating Muslim man’s wrongful arrest over terrorism | Diane Taylor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/03/met-police-investigating-muslim-man-wrongful-arrest-terrorism

March 2017

Together Against Prevent

Baroness Warsi: Prevent scheme should be paused | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39399011

Prevent anti-terror scheme must change, says Jeremy Corbyn | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39398548

When PREVENT officers came knocking on my door | CAGE
https://cage.ngo/article/when-prevent-officers-came-knocking-on-my-door/

Baroness Warsi condemns UK’s Prevent strategy as ‘broken, toxic’ | Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/baroness-warsis-new-book-uks-prevent-strategy-broken-toxic-702187197

UK government faces calls for review into ‘effectiveness’ of Prevent | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-government-faces-calls-review-effectiveness-prevent-795761237

UK terror police use International Women’s Day to call for women to report on families | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-terror-police-use-international-womens-day-urge-women-report-families-1386840304

Madani Younis: Radical Islam play ‘was censored’ | Giverny Masso, The Stage
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2017/madani-younis-radical-islam-play-censored/

Police chief snubs ‘Islamist terrorism’ event after criticism | Simon Hooper & Alex Macdonald, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/police-chief-fails-appear-henry-jackson-society-panel-after-criticism-1594113197

As a young British Muslim, I’ve been kicked out a mosque and told to stay away from Google – why do I feel like a terrorist? | Yousuf Zubair, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/muslim-young-british-islam-fundamentalist-terrorism-isis-mosque-religion-why-feel-like-one-a7613491.html

Inclusion of CAGE as “controversial” in PREVENT training manual shows how the policy strangles debate on crucial issues | CAGE
https://cage.ngo/press-release/inclusion-of-cage-as-controversial-in-prevent-training-manual-shows-how-the-policy-strangles-debate-on-crucial-issues/

Students fear crackdown on Palestine activism on UK campuses | Areeb Ullah & Osha Al-Mossallami, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/students-fear-crackdown-taking-place-against-palestine-activism-uk-campuses-943958508

What is an extremist? UK government admits it still doesn’t know | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-uk-government-still-considering-definition-extremism-1299352943

I’m now an extremist. You might be too | David Hearst, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/welcome-extremists-there-are-growing-numbers-us-1943859604