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
Prevent and the israel-palestine issue in the new academic year
New Prevent guidelines for responsible authorities will be severely tested after the fallout in the Middle East. But there is hope in the Freedom of Speech Act.
Shared concerns: Community security in muslim and traveler communities
Assaults on community in the UK via the use of Prevent on Muslims shares some common ground with the Policing Act and its impact on Gypsies in the UK.
The Expert View: Prevent, data collection and children’s rights
The UK's Prevent counter-extremism strategy involves data collection and retention that is far from public scrutiny. It is a form of surveillance that can remain with a person for
dr layla aitlhadj highlights peoples review of prevent at prevent watch end of year event
Speaking at the Prevent Watch annual update event this year, Director Dr Layla Aitlhadj mentioned the importance of the People's Review as the government review of the strategy con
The problem with government’s idea of ‘british values’ and why the trojan horse affair matters
The new requirements introduced under Prevent in 2015 included a statutory duty on schools to promote ‘British values’. This law was published following the Birmingham Trojan H
rse and prevent: what parents are asking and why it matters
At a recent event I spoke about Prevent to parents who had gathered for something that may seem unrelated to counter-extremism: the changes in the curriculum with regards to relati
surviving society: how prevent facilitates the far-right
During our recent Surviving Society podcast, we highlighted Prevent's love-hate relationship with the far-right and what it means for anti-Prevent advocacy.
Prevent is a tool for a new secular authoritarian future
Prevent’s “pre-crime” “risk-based” legal architecture delivered in the name of “keeping us safe” will bring an authoritarian future.