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OPINION: Home Office Needs to Publish the Prevent Review Now
January 2, 2023 By Faith Matters

OPINION: Home Office Needs to Publish the Prevent Review Now

There have been numerous reports in the press lately suggesting that the delays to the publication of the Prevent Review by Sir William Shawcross hinges on whether groups and individuals should be named who have tried to undermine Prevent, taken monies and then been supportive of extremist groups or who have been quietly obstructive of […]

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Home Office confirms environmentalists referred to anti-terror programme
April 14, 2020 By Faith Matters

Home Office confirms environmentalists referred to anti-terror programme

Environmental campaigners have been referred to the Home Office’s anti-terror Prevent programme amid fears they may become radicalised, it has emerged. Data obtained by The Times newspaper under Freedom of Information laws found at least 45 activists were referred to Prevent over alleged environmental extremism between April 2016 and March last year. The figures come […]

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Number of Terrorist Arrests Drops by 20% in a Year
December 5, 2019 By Faith Matters

Number of Terrorist Arrests Drops by 20% in a Year

The number of suspect terrorists arrested by police has dropped 20% in the last year, figures show. There were 259 people detained for terrorism-related activity in the year ending September 30, compared with the 325 arrests in the same period in 2018, according to the Home Office. Of these, 96 (37%) were released on bail […]

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Will UK Border Agency Allow in Janusz Korwin-Mikke?
July 4, 2018 By Faith Matters

Will UK Border Agency Allow in Janusz Korwin-Mikke?

We have previously written about Janusz Korwin-Mikke, someone who has previously stated that Hitler knew nothing about the Holocaust. His comments have previously targeted Jews, Muslims and Black communities. Faith Matters highlighted his impending arrival in late May 2018, about a week before he arrived. Having informed the Home Office about his visit to speak […]

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In numbers: counter-terrorism powers disproportionately affect ethnic and religious minorities in Britain
May 18, 2016 By Faith Matters

In numbers: counter-terrorism powers disproportionately affect ethnic and religious minorities in Britain

In September 2015, the Home Office released data on terrorism statistics, allowing us to review the use of terrorism-related powers on ethnic and religious minority communities. What we have found is that there is a significant level of racial profiling across counter-terrorism powers in Britain. All minority ethnic communities are affected by disproportionality but we […]

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As Prevent Centralises, Community Engagement and Local Capacity To Implement Local Tailored Solutions Falls
July 3, 2015 By Faith Matters

As Prevent Centralises, Community Engagement and Local Capacity To Implement Local Tailored Solutions Falls

This report argues that the current strategy’s centralised and top-down deployment markedly reduces local capacity to find tailored solutions that make sense for a given community. The Prevent strategy’s move away [As Prevent Centralises, Community Engagement and Local Capacity To Implement Local Tailored Solutions Falls] from community engagement to a centralised approach is not likely […]

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