Counter-terrorism and Prevent
The Free Speech Union has covered 24 stories on this topic. Browse our coverage below.
17 March 2026
Islamophobia definition will cause confusion and lead to self-censorship, says counter-terrorism tsar
The Government's independent reviewer of counter-terrorism law has warned that the new anti-Muslim hostility definition will lead to confusion and self-censorship — with no clear guidance on what it means.
28 December 2025
Teacher who showed his class videos of President Trump referred to the Government’s counter-terrorism programme
10 April 2025
Hamas uses ECHR to challenge terror group status
21 March 2025
Ideology is at the heart of terrorism, says extremism tsar
24 January 2025
Angela Rayner under pressure to apologise for dismissing terror concerns about Southport attacks
21 January 2025
Prime Minister announces Public Inquiry following guilty plea in Southport murder trial
4 November 2024
Southport ricin charge statement was delayed by riot fears
31 October 2024
Government should be “more open” about terror cases as Southport accused appears in court
29 October 2024
Southport ‘attacker’ charged with having Al-Qaeda material and making ricin poison
8 October 2024
Misogynist schoolboys face terror unit probes despite damning report accusing Prevent of “losing its focus”
27 September 2024
UK government’s secretive Covid-era ‘spy’ agency advised US administration on censoring ‘disinformation’
18 August 2024
Labour plans to treat “misogyny” as extremism threaten freedom of speech, critics say
2 July 2024
Pupil referred to counter-extremist Prevent officers by his own school after declaring there “are only two genders”
19 June 2024
Indian Prime Minister Modi’s allies give the go-ahead for prosecution of Booker winner under controversial terror law
20 May 2024
UK government used army PsyOps division to monitor citizens and then lied about it.
1 May 2024
Met pays five-figure sum to French publisher held under terrorism law
14 March 2024
Michael Gove announces new definition of “extremism” amid free speech concerns
5 March 2024
Government proposals to broaden ‘extremism’ definition “the path to authoritarianism”
26 February 2024
Israel-Hamas conflict is “generational moment” of radicalisation, police chief warns
24 February 2024
Does Islamic extremism pose a threat to parliamentary democracy?
22 February 2024
“Dark day for democracy” as Parliamentary convention broken to protect Labour MPs from Islamic mob
20 February 2024
School chaplain sacked and reported to terrorist watchdog for identity politics sermon begins appeal
7 February 2024
Mike Freer MP to step down following Islamist threats over his support for Israel
29 January 2024
UK teacher who showed Muhammed cartoon "to start discussion about blasphemy" still in hiding 3 years later
