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The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 has aroused great controversy by imposing a legal duty upon schools, universities, the NHS and other institutions to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. Last month, a new report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights called for an independent review […] … learn more→
Tag Archives: Terrorism
Six myths about the prevent duty in UK universities
Eradicating terrorism is impossible
The very first thing I tell my students who choose to take my class of “terrorism and political violence” is that terrorism never ends. And they listen with slight disbelief (I can see it in their eyes) as I begin to explain to them that terrorism was, is and will continue to be a technique […] … learn more→
How Syrian conflict is putting British terrorism law to the test
The arrests of people travelling to or returning from the Syrian conflict have been widely reported over recent weeks in the British media. Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, who leads the Association of Chief Police Officer’s Prevent strategy on counter-terrorism, told the BBC that there was “huge concern” that Britons arriving […] … learn more→
Eleven years after 9/11, are we any safer?
The day will come when 11 September is just another date on the calendar. But that time is still some way off. Eleven years after the horrible spectacle of the World Trade Center towers being struck by one 767 airliner and then another, then collapsing into nothingness, continues to capture our imagination like a fragment […] … learn more→
