The Commission for Countering Extremism hosted its first conference last week, bringing together academics, policy-makers, and operational and regulatory partners to discuss ‘Extremism in the UK: What does it look like and how should we respond?’ Robin Simcox, Interim Commissioner …
Interim Commissioner Robin Simcox has had his term extended for a further 6 months, to March 2022. During this time, the recruitment process for a permanent Commissioner will be launched by the Home Office. Robin reflects on his role so …
It is a great honour to be appointed as the Interim Lead Commissioner at the Commission for Countering Extremism. My predecessor, Sara Khan, led valuable work in opening up vital conversations about the terrible impact that extremism has on not …
Lead Commissioner Sara Khan was invited to speak at an event run by the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination for the Council of Europe. She was joined in the webinar by former former Chief superintendent Jean-Claude Vullierme from France and …
Welcome to our third newsletter, which provides you with the latest updates from the Commission. What have we been working on? Legal Review In the summer, we announced the launch of our legal review which will examine the effectiveness …
Welcome to our second newsletter, which provides you the latest updates from the Commission. Note from the Lead Commissioner I hope that you are keeping well during these difficult and testing times. The past few weeks have not been easy …
Updated 5 November 2021 THE TASKFORCE STEERING COMMITTEE RAN UNDER SARA KHAN'S TERM AS COMMISSIONER AND IS NO LONGER ACTIVE As we were gathering evidence for our report, Challenging Hateful Extremism, we routinely found that hateful extremists exploited local tensions …
Good afternoon everyone and firstly thank you Lucy for organising this incredibly important event and for inviting me to speak today. This is such a timely and important issue. We saw last week the events in Germany, the murder …
Commenting on Crest Advisory’s report Listening to British Muslims: policing, extremism and Prevent released today, Sara Khan said “This important report based on quality research involving polls of over 1000 British Muslims, a control group of over 1000 of the …
50 years on from Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, Lead Commissioner Sara Khan reflects on how far Britain has come.
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