Prevent ‘counter-radicalization’ strategy condemned by human rights NGO

‘Britain’s controversial Prevent strategy, which is purportedly aimed at preventing the radicalization of Muslim youngsters, is counterproductive, stifles free expression, and isolates students, a study by Rights Watch UK claims.
The report, titled “Preventing Education? Human Rights and UK Counter-Terrorism Policy in Schools,” offers a withering overview. It claims to be “the most comprehensive analysis to date of the effect of the Prevent strategy on schools in the United Kingdom.”
It found that children as young as four have been referred to authorities for issues as trivial as how they pronounce certain words. One eight year old was apparently mistaken for an adherent of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) based on a mistranslation of his t-shirt.’

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