Revealed: Babies and Muslims lost in a flood of Home Office statistics on Prevent strategy
Prevent Watch Director Layla Aitlhadj draws out the real implications of the latest Home Office statistics in relation to the Prevent strategy – here are three important things t
like prevent, these pre-crime policies in the past created ‘thought crime’
Pre-crime policies in Japan and Russia prior to World War 2 reveal uncanny similarities to the UK’s Prevent strategy and relied on the same social elements to be acceptable, writ
Why are autistic children an extremism ‘threat’ in this latest harm of Prevent?
The latest in the harms of Prevent training is that it links children with autism to extremism, using high numbers of referrals to ‘evidence’ this mistaken assumption. While ma
university reactions to encampments show how prevent undermines education
Last week, I visited one of the encampments for Palestine happening on university campuses to speak about Prevent and how it is being weaponised to suppress student activism. We sa
THE SECOND Prevent Learning Review is leading us down the same dangerous path
In the span of one week, two Prevent Learning Reviews have been published. Here, we turn our attention to the review related to the killing of MP David Amess, to show similar criti
Prevent Learning Review: 5 reasons why its conclusions are misleading
The political framing of the Southport atrocity as a Prevent failure ignores the counter-terrorism mechanisms beyond the Prevent framework.
Lies, Damned Lies and Prevent Statistics 2024
Each year, the Home Office presents its Prevent statistics as part of its commitment to transparency. Here we outline THREE reasons why we must not rely upon them as a credible ref
united nations calls for suspension of prevent and reparations for harms
The call to suspend Prevent and repair its damage comes after several NGOs submitted appeals to the UN's Committee for the Elimination of Racism and Discrimination. Read a summary
‘captain of her soul’: why pupil ttt’s courage matters
Despite seeming to ‘lose’ the case against Michaela School, pupil TTT was not the ‘ruffian on the stairs’ depicted by the school and in the media.
Michaela School case reveals unusual forced secularism
The hearing revealed a rigid hierarchy, where teachers’ judgements could not be questioned and where they 'curated' discussions, even at break times.