I recently reconnected with a mother I had supported a few years ago. She shared that she had never forgotten the help Prevent Watch provided her. What she didn’t realise is that the feeling was mutual; I hadn’t forgotten her either. In fact, I often tell her story to empower others. You may have heard the saying that there are two courts of justice; the court of law and the court of public opinion. But in this case, there was an unexpected third court: the court of the bathroom window. When she first reached out to me, this mother was being relentlessly harassed by Prevent officers. Her son had been referred to Prevent, and they were pressuring her to consent to the supposedly voluntary “deradicalisation” programme, Channel. The officers kept showing up at her front door unannounced, creating a sense of urgency, but never properly articulating their concerns about why […]