Rights Watch UK has challenged the appointment of Lord Carlile as Independent Reviewer, arguing that having previously expressed strong support for the Prevent strategy and dismissed criticism of it, he cannot be condsidered truly independent.
The database is held by the police and includes sensitive personal information of every referral ever received by Prevent, the government’s 'anti-extremism' scheme.
The UK Government’s policies exacerbate discrimination, stoke xenophobic sentiment and further entrench racial inequality, the UN’s expert on racism and human rights says in a new report.
A local education authority has admitted a Bedfordshire primary school discriminated against a seven-year-old boy and his younger brother by calling police because the children had been given plastic toy guns as presents.