Amnesty calls for Prevent strategy to be abolished over ‘human rights abuses’

Exclusive: Group accuses programme of encouraging ‘thought policing’ and being incompatible with international human rights

Amnesty International has called for the abolition of the government’s counter-extremism strategy Prevent, accusing it of severe human rights abuses and of encouraging a culture of “thought policing”.

A report by the group said Prevent’s legal duty on public sector workers, such as in schools and health, to report their suspicions was “fundamentally incompatible” with international human rights obligations.