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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lizzie Dearden

UK must address discrimination concerns over Prevent counter-extremism programme, UN expert says

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Authorities must urgently address concerns about discrimination and the “de-facto criminalisation of children” in the Prevent counter-extremism programme, a United Nations expert has said.

Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in counterterrorism, said police and the Home Office must have the confidence of all parts of society for “long-term success in preventing violence”.

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