Counter-Terrorism Law and Free Speech on Campus
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: A rare Equality Act 2010 challenge to a referral under Prevent, the UK’s counter-terrorism programme for identifying and responding to suspected signs of radicalisation, has ended with a County Court finding that a school unlawfully discriminated against a Muslim schoolboy. Although a first-instance decision, the ruling has important implications for universities. The case foregrounds a risk inherent in Prevent’s precautionary referral process that the lawful expression of staff and students may be recast as evidence of radicalisation through a linguistic gloss unsupported by the underlying facts.
Author: Frederick Attenborough
Language: English
Topic: Law, Rights, and Freedoms
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225233951
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