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Human Rights

These sources track Prevent’s many violations of human rights, and how it fits into the UK’s regression on this score internationally and at home.

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Climate Politics and Freedom of Expression: Amsterdam

Dr Layla Aitlhadj participated in an international event at the University of Amsterdam, entitled ‘Climate Politics and Freedom of Expression‘.   She represented Prevent Watch as a panelist on climate politics in the context of authoritarian practices, specifically in the context of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) policies.   She did a short 15-20 minute intervention on the topic followed by audience discussion.   To arrange a similar talk at your event, or any other presentation or workshop, please fill in the form at the bottom of this page.

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AUSTRALIA: Asio and police warn that radicalisation in young people at ‘shocking’ levels

Australia’s intelligence gathering agency Asio and the Australian federal police have urged parents, teachers and healthcare workers to be vigilant for signs of radicalisation in young people, after it was revealed that two teenagers aged 16 and 14 have been convicted under Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. These agencies claimed that “shocking” numbers of their priority cases involve young people. The anonymised details of the two unrelated cases have been published as part of an unprecedented coordinated plea from security agencies in the Five Eyes countries – Australia, the US, Britain, Canada and New Zealand – for their citizens to do more to stop young people falling prey to radical, violent ideologies. “In every one of the terrorist attacks, disruptions and suspected terrorist incidents in Australia this year, the alleged perpetrator was a young person,” Asio’s director-general, Mike Burgess, said in a statement accompanying the analysis. Read more on The Guardian. Related… […]

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Statewatch: New informal EU definition of potential terrorists opens door to broad information-sharing

A new EU definition of potential terrorists means member states can now collect and share information on individuals they deem suspect, based on a new informal definition that was agreed with no democratic scrutiny, reports Statewatch. The EU and its forerunners have targeted radicalism and “radicalisation” for decades. This  agenda gained a firmer hold in 2011 when the European Commission established the Radicalisation Awareness Network. In June this year, the Commission launched a new €60 million (pdf) “Knowledge Hub” to further expand the agenda. The hub aims “to collaborate in a new way at the EU level to address the challenges posed by radicalisation.” These plans build upon a recent “shared understanding” of who EU authorities consider a “potential terrorist or violent extremist threat,” a concept encapsulated in the document by the German term Gefährder. The German authorities introduced the phrase and the topic of “potential terrorists” into EU institutions. […]

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Byline Times: Lawyer says Walney’s ‘extreme protest groups’ report is ‘dangerous’

A report on “extreme protest groups”  is expected to recommend a new category proscribing Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action as “extreme” is an attempt to silence voices the government doesn’t like, and will lead to a further escalation of violence against demonstrators, a leading protestor has suggested, while a lawyer has argued it will make criminal law redundant.

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INDONESIA: Report on exporting Prevent exposes UK complicity in CVE rights abuse in Indonesia

A new report by Rights and Security International entitled Exporting Prevent: The UK government’s complicity in rights-violating counter-extremism programmes in Indonesia is the first of very few studies uncovering CVE rights abuse arising from the cooperation between the UK and foreign governments on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) projects.

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PSC Event, York

25 April 2024: Dr Layla Aitlhadj presented a talk on Prevent and Freedom of Expression at York University. The event was organised by the York branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. To host a similar talk at your venue, or invite Prevent Watch to your event, please fill in the form at the bottom of this page.  

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