Posts Tagged: prevent

‘I survived 7/7 bombings after getting on London Underground in a different place as I was late – now I help mums who have lost their sons to ISIS’

‘I survived 7/7 bombings after getting on London Underground in a different place as I was late – now I help mums who have lost their sons to ISIS’

JAN Trust CEO Sajda Mughal OBE, spoke to My London about her traumatic experience of surviving the 7/7 London bombings and what has changed — and what hasn’t changed — on counterterrorism, seventeen years on.   Read more here or below. In the wake of the devastating terrorist attack 17 years ago that claimed 52 …

Muslim survivor of 7/7 London bombings slams government’s counter-terrorism strategy on anniversary

Muslim survivor of 7/7 London bombings slams government’s counter-terrorism strategy on anniversary

Arab News has published a piece on Sajda Mughal OBE’s interview with Metro, focusing on her serious “[dismay] at the government’s controversial Prevent strategy, which outlines the approach for countering radicalization and extremism.”. Read more here or below.   Sajda Mughal OBE called for an overhaul of the British government’s controversial counter-terrorism strategy. (@sajdamughal) British …

Prevent: preventing the full enjoyment of human rights

Prevent: preventing the full enjoyment of human rights

Many people know about the discriminatory effects of the Prevent strategy, but there are also important human rights implications. Whilst the Prevent duty is widely criticised for its Islamophobic effects, a problem that is not discussed to the same extent, even though it is certainly worth the attention, is the effect it may have on …

Sajda on Times Radio

Sajda on Times Radio

Our CEO Sajda spoke with Kait Borsley on Times Radio in an intimate conversation about her experience on the 7th July 2005. She spoke about the pioneering Web Guardians™ she developed then and how the government needs to do more as we have faced numerous attacks even with the Prevent strategy in place.