{"id":48056,"date":"2021-02-21T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2021\/feb\/21\/uks-top-counter-terror-officer-backs-prevent-amid-row-over-review"},"modified":"2021-02-22T00:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:32:38","slug":"uks-top-counter-terror-officer-backs-prevent-amid-row-over-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/21\/uks-top-counter-terror-officer-backs-prevent-amid-row-over-review\/","title":{"rendered":"UK’s anti-terror chief fears rights group boycott threatens Prevent review"},"content":{"rendered":"
Neil Basu says move to protest appointment of William Shawcross could harm process<\/p>
Britain\u2019s best chance of reducing terrorist violence risks being damaged amid a huge backlash to the government\u2019s choice of William Shawcross to lead a review of Prevent, the country\u2019s top counter-terrorism officer has told the Guardian.<\/p>
Assistant commissioner Neil Basu\u2019s comments came after key human rights and Muslim groups announced a boycott <\/a>of the official review of Prevent, which aims to stop Britons being radicalised into violent extremism.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n