Six myths about the Prevent duty in universities

As a parliamentary committee calls for an independent review of Prevent, Steven Greer and Lindsey Bell argue that too much criticism of the anti-extremism programme is based on myths

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April 9, 2018

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April 9, 2018

Steven Greer Lindsey Bell

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