December 2016

Together Against Prevent

Counter Extremism Bill could lead to investigations into people ‘miles away’ from terrorism | Shaun Connolly, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/counter-extremism-bill-dangerous-terrorism-miles-away-legislation-isis-watchdog-counter-extremism-a7502431.html

Mentally ill patients being referred to police for ‘de-radicalisation’ | Ala Abbas, Muslim News
http://muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/home-news/mentally-ill-patients-referred-police-de-radicalisation/

School uses PREVENT to Threaten Muslim Parent Who Requested Pupil Removal from Christmas Assembly | Coolness of Hind
https://coolnessofhind.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/school-uses-prevent-to-threaten-muslim-parent-who-requested-pupil-removal-from-christmas-assembly/

Anti-extremism programme Prevent sees referrals hit 7,500 a year | ITV News
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-12-27/prevent-anti-extremism-programme-sees-referrals-hit-7-500-a-year/

Sixty kids a week referred to anti-extremism body Prevent | Sky News
http://news.sky.com/story/anti-extremism-prevent-scheme-referrals-reach-7500-a-year-10709045

UK police: We’re sorry for ‘Guess Who? Terrorism Edition’ | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-police-prevent-guess-who-terrorism-edition-278665287

The battle of governments against extremism has to be credible | Richard Norton Taylor, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/richard-norton-taylor/battle-of-governments-against-extremism-has-to-be-credible

Schools are defining radicalisation, and it probably includes you | Emily Apple, The Canary
http://www.thecanary.co/2016/12/16/schools-defining-radicalisation-probably-includes/

Most terrorism arrests lead to no charge or conviction, figures show | Vikram Dodd, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/15/most-terrorism-arrests-lead-no-charge-conviction-figures-show

The Prevent duty: can teachers be judges? | Bob Hindle, Manchester University
http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2016/12/prevent-duty/

Far right threat has slipped under the radar of a counter-extremism strategy targeting Muslims | Bharath Ganesh, The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/far-right-threat-has-slipped-under-the-radar-of-a-counter-extremism-strategy-targeting-muslims-69605

UK councils link ‘empathy’ for Palestinians to terrorism threat | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-councils-link-empathy-palestinians-terrorism-threat-884985863

Summary of Our Legal Case Against Prevent | Salman Butt, Islam21C
http://www.islam21c.com/politics/summary-legal-case-against-prevent/

Home Office forced to defend anti-fracking groups from extremism claims | Mark Townsend and Ian Cobain, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/10/home-office-defends-anti-fracking-groups-extremism-claims-prevent

Why the Prevent strategy is harming integration rather than helping it in Bristol’s communities | Michael Yong, Bristol Post
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/why-the-prevent-strategy-is-harming-integration-rather-than-helping-it-in-bristol-s-communities/story-29966219-detail/story.html

‘Prevent’ strategy to be challenged for first time in British high court | Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/prevent-strategy-be-challenged-first-time-british-high-court-122307658

‘Prevent’ counter-extremism strategy faces legal challenge | Divya Talwar, BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38209567

City of York Council’s anti-fracking terrorism links ‘ludicrous’ | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-38213179

Prevent: why the UK’s counter-extremism programme is toxic | Jamil Hussein, Al Araby
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2016/12/3/prevent-why-the-uks-counter-extremism-programme-is-toxic

Is the government’s PREVENT ‘science’ really peer-reviewed? | Coolness of Hind
https://coolnessofhind.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/is-the-governments-prevent-science-really-peer-reviewed/

Driffield headmaster sorry for linking anti-fracking to Islamic State in school newsletter | Ben Barnett, Yorkshire Post
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/driffield-headmaster-sorry-for-linking-anti-fracking-to-islamic-state-in-school-newsletter-1-8271878

This school just told parents that anti-fracking campaigners are extremists | Emily Apple, The Canary
http://www.thecanary.co/2016/12/01/school-just-told-parents-anti-fracking-campaigners-extremists/

Fury as Driffield School lists fracking groups alongside Islamic State in anti-terrorism advice | T Davidson, Hull Daily Mail
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/fury-as-driffield-school-lists-fracking-groups-alongside-islamic-state-in-anti-terrorism-advice/story-29949766-detail/story.html

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