September 2016

Together Against Prevent

Government ‘must publish questionable science’ behind controversial counter-terrorism strategy | Robert Verkaik, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prevent-terrorism-strategy-government-must-publish-evidence-royal-college-psychiatrists-a7338096.html

UK extremism screening for kids adapted from tests for convicted terrorists | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-prevent-radicalisation-academics1731486448

Teenager Says He Was Blocked From Attending Labour Conference Because Of Prevent | Jim Waterson, Buzzfeed UK
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/prevented-by-prevent

Academics criticise anti-radicalisation strategy in open letter | Alice Ross, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/29/academics-criticise-prevent-anti-radicalisation-strategy-open-letter

Anti-radicalisation strategy lacks evidence base in science | The Guardian – Letters
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/29/anti-radicalisation-strategy-lacks-evidence-base-in-science

Britain’s loose definition of extremism is stoking a global crackdown on dissent | Jane Kinninmont, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/britain-extremism-global-effects

Oxford University vice-chancellor says Prevent strategy ‘wrong-headed’ | Rob Merrick, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/oxford-university-vice-chancellor-says-prevent-strategy-wrong-headed-a7323916.html

Interview with Dr Salman Butt on Radicalisation, Universities & PREVENT | Islam 21C
http://www.islam21c.com/politics/interview-with-dr-salman-butt-on-radicalisation-universities-prevent/

Astonishing as it may seem, chanting ‘Viva Palestina’ could soon be a ‘hate crime’ | Yvonne Ridley, Middle East Monitor
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160921-astonishing-as-it-may-seem-chanting-viva-palestina-could-soon-be-a-hate-crime/

‘Where to Guv, Raqqa?’ Prevent training included in taxi driver ‘knowledge’ tests | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/taxi-drivers-prevent-training-767435376

Pupils are ‘baffled by British values’ | The Yorkshire Post
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/education/pupils-are-baffled-by-british-values-1-8123288

Lib Dems aim to scrap ‘counter-productive’ Prevent strategy | Jessica Elgot, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/13/lib-dems-aim-to-scrap-counter-productive-prevent-strategy

PREVENT is Untenable, it Needs to End | Coolness of Hind
https://coolnessofhind.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/prevent-is-untenable-it-needs-to-end/

Hundreds of children under 10 were ‘at risk of extremism’ in one year | Rob Merrick, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hundreds-of-children-under-10-islam-radicalisation-muslim-at-risk-of-extremism-in-government-one-a7237811.html

Referrals to government deradicalisation programme ‘increased sharply in 2015/16’ | ITV News
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-09-12/referrals-to-government-deradicalisation-programme-increased-sharply-in-2015-16/

Fifteen years on from 9/11, how the UK bypassed justice to become a counter-terrorism state | Maria Norris, The New Statesman
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/09/fifteen-years-911-how-uk-bypassed-justice-become-counter-terrorism-state

This is what it is like to be a Muslim parent in a post-9/11 world | Huda Jawad, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/muslim-parent-islamophobia-prevent-extremism-post-9-11-world-a7236866.html

Exclusive: Childline staff receiving controversial Prevent anti-terrorism training | David Jamieson, Common Space
https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/9295/exclusive-childline-staff-receiving-controversial-prevent-anti-terrorism-training

Prevent courses on sale to schools deemed ‘poor quality’ by UK government | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-prevent-training-catalogue-schools-1706962311

The politics of fear: how Britain’s anti-extremism strategy has failed | Tariq Ramadan, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/05/politics-of-fear-britain-anti-extremism-prevent-government-radicalisation

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