The People’s Review of Prevent: Key Findings

The People’s Review of Prevent, published on the February 15th 2022, is run by Prevent Watch, an independent funded organisation about the negative impact of Prevent1. Prevent is one of the four components of the UK government’s counter-terrorism policy – with the aim of preventing people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism2. The other strands…

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Report sheds light on the harmful globalisation of countering violent extremism policies

A report by Arun Kundnani and Ben Hayes “brings much needed attention to the global deployment of increasingly standardized policies countering violent extremism”.

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UN representative criticises Prevent duty for impacting racial equality in the UK

The UN special rapporteur on racism, Professor Tendayi Achiume, has criticised the Prevent duty for fuelling distrust among ethnic minority communities and for impacting racial equality in the UK. Her comments came as she observed that Brexit has contributed to an environment of increased “explicit racial, ethnic and religious intolerance” in the UK.

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Channel 4’s ‘Who Speaks for British Muslims’ sparks criticism for its allegations about MEND Muslim advocacy group

The twenty-six minute programme, which aired on Channel 4, accused the Muslim advocacy group MEND of being linked to racism and extremism.

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Jailing of Parsons Green bomber raises questions about effectiveness of Prevent

Ahmed Hassan has been sentenced to thirty-four years in jail for his attempted bombing of a London train. It has emerged Hassan was referred to the Prevent programme twice, but the extent of the threat he posed was not realised.

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