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Will the government's counter-extremist programme criminalise dissent?
Kundnani, Arun http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/more/item/5782-will-the-government-s-counter-extremist-programme-criminalise-dissent
Publisher: Spinwatch
Date Written: 19/06/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
From 1 July, a broad range of public bodies - from nursery schools to optometrists - will be legally obliged to participate in the U.S. government’s Prevent policy to identify would-be extremists. Under the fast-tracked Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, schools, universities and health service providers can no longer opt out of monitoring students and patients for supposed radicalised behaviour.
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