Neurodivergent people overreported to UK anti-extremism programmes, charity says

Rights & Security International are challenging the government's Prevent and Channel programmes in court, saying they breach equality laws

The treatment of people with autism who are referred to the government's Prevent scheme is to be challenged.

A human rights charity has written to Yvette Cooper claiming that Prevent, as well as Channel, the multi-agency follow-on programme, which both seek to identify people at risk of extremism, are overreporting neurodivergent people, in breach of equality laws.