Amnesty International criticized David Cameron’s defense of Prevent and argued that the programme infringed rights, including through disproportionate effects on Muslims and children. Its response called attention to surveillance, expression and the treatment of lawful conduct as suspicious. The intervention framed scrutiny of counter-extremism policy as part of combating institutional discrimination.
Log in to like or bookmark this story.
🔖 Bookmark
People in this event
Organizations in this Event
No images or videos for this event yet.
Related Events
No quiz questions for this story yet.
Amnesty’s criticism of Prevent linked counter-extremism scrutiny with rights and the effects on Muslim communities.
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
Amnesty challenged the programme’s rights impacts, including disproportionate effects on Muslims and children, in response to David Cameron’s defense.