Our Expert Views
Rich, readable blogs from our experts who work among the community, in academia and research on new developments in Prevent and their real impact on people.
The People's Review of Prevent
The People’s Review of Prevent is an alternative review to the Government Shawcross Review.
This review provides a voice to the people most impacted by the Prevent Duty.
Prevent is described as ‘safeguarding’ children from harms. However, under Prevent, safeguarding is focused on protecting the wider public from children believed to be ‘risky’, rather than protecting children from harms.
Throughout our report we present case studies that show how real these harms can be and the distress they cause to children and their families and carers.
The Shawcross Review does not address the harms of Prevent scrutiny of children, and specifically Muslim children. Rather, its recommendations will accentuate them...
Shawcross’s recommendation on Prevent referral data demonstrates his lack of knowledge about the situation that currently applies...
William Shawcross has attempted to smear Muslim civil society organisations in a report that seeks to position Muslims – especially those who work for positive change in communities at home and abroad – as suspects...
The Shawcross recommendations to Prevent ignore the Manchester Arena Enquiry, and rather urge a greater securitisation of society that is harmful in the long term...
Middle East Eye: The Shawcross Review of Prevent is a flagship for a new nationalism to haunt the UK
The Shawcross Review of Prevent urges far-reaching changes to the administrative organisation of Prevent, involving increased centralisation and direct control by the Home Office...
In ignoring the facts and arguing for Prevent-led authoritarianism in schools, Shawcross pushes aside the role of local authorities and the DfE in his review of the Prevent strategy...
The teaching of Fundamental British Values in schools is incorporated into the requirement of schools under Prevent, so why does Shawcross ignore its impact and meaning in his report?...
A closer look at the function of Prevent in education reveals serious errors by William Shawcross, both in his recommendations and in his understanding of Prevent in schools...
The Manchester Arena Inquiry undermines the Shawcross's attempts to shunt Muslim-led civil society groups into the same frame as terrorism...
When I first had the honour of visiting Palestine many years ago, a friend told me very clearly to speak about what we, as guests, had witnessed and to never stop talking about Palestine when we return to our homes. At the time, this seemed...
On Monday, I was at Amnesty International’s offices, meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. It was an opportunity for directors from several civil society organisations to ensure he heard about the most urgent...