As race riots erupt across the UK, Arzu looks at the pivotal role of the UK’s counter-terrorism regime, particularly its Prevent program, in inciting this hatred. Listen to the article or read it in full below. If you haven’t been embedded in discussions about the UK’s anti-terrorism regime for
I spoke at the SACC and IHRC conference in Edinburgh in 2016 about how education, the legal system and the Prevent / Counter-terrorism regime coalesce to create an environment of hate that facilitates the operation of a de facto Police State. In this state citizens are either living in fear and self-censorship,
Arzu Merali was on of the signatories of this statement highlighting concerns and dangers regarding the statutory implementation of the Prevent strategy. The original can be read here. We, the undersigned, take issue with the government’s PREVENT strategy and its statutory implementation through the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for the following reasons: 1.
Interview with the Islamic Human Rights Commission by John Feffer for FPIF. Feffer talks to Massoud Shadjareh and Arzu Merali of the IHRC about anti-Islamic sentiment in the United Kingdom. Massoud Shadjareh is the chair and Arzu Merali the director of research of the Islamic Human Rights Commission in London, which was established in
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