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SOAS ICOP POLICY BRIEFS
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2020 1-Year Review 2020 9-Months ReviewThe People’s Review of Prevent (Report summary)
The People’s Review of Prevent (Full Report)
From Second Class British Citizenship to None
Windrush Wrongs Not Being Righted
Punishment by Process: The torture of Julian Assange
Sentencing Democratic Protest to Death (December 2021)
Whitewashing Genocide in Xinjiang: The Responsibilities of UNESCO (December 2021)
Energy Charter Treaty- Threatening the Paris Agreement (December 2021)
- Read Full Report Here
- Read the Letter of Concern: The Damage of Security-Focussed Think Tanks on Democracy here
The Bank of England Must Act on the Climate Crisis
Provide Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery
Community-led energy solutions as the future of just and clean energy transitions
Ethnic Hazara in Afghanistan Need Urgent British Protection
The Anti-democratic Implications of Mandatory Voter ID in the Elections Bill
Battles Commence on Health and Care Bill
Democracy Needs Urgent Freeing from Dark Money
The HE free speech bill must incorporate the Equality Act (July 2021)
Starvation Crimes as War Vs Democracy in Tigray
Pro-Palestine Activism and Prevent
For COP26 Britain Must Host the Most Ambitious Climate Change Conference Ever
Higher Education Free Speech Bill (May 2021)
The Experiences of Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
Deprivation of Nationality as a National Security Issue
Why dismantling rentier capitalism is the longer-term challenge of our time
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Bill
Cuts in ODA-funding for UKRI 2021-22
Cuts in ODA Funding for UKRI 2021-22 INFOGRAPHIC
Working Class Students are Missing Out on Key Educational Subjects
Freedom of Information Needs Urgent Freeing
Counter-Extremism: Radicalising Society against Democracy
Universal Basic Income (UBI) – the path out of the pandemic
The Broken ‘Social Contract’ – Episode 3 Housing
The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill
The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Bill
Coronavirus – creating a syndemic
The Broken ‘Social Contract’ – Episode 2 Education
The Broken ‘Social Contract’ – Episode 1 Policing
Tax Avoidance and Inequality in a Time of Crisis
Perceptions of Muslims in UK HE
Impacts of the Prevent policy in the NHS
A Warning to Policymakers about Pseudo-academic Opinion that wants to be Research
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020
Scrutiny of UK Aid after the DFID and FCO merger
Violence against Women and Girls Amidst COVID-19
‘Parliamentary Eunuchs’ in a Time of Coronavirus
Submitting Evidence to the UK Parliament
A Lack of Parliamentary Oversight in a Time of Coronavirus
Workplace Deaths Related to Coronavirus
Civil Liberties and Surveillance in a Time of Coronavirus
Decolonising Further and Higher Education
An Intersectional Approach during Covid-19, Disaggregating data to protect BAME
Women and Equalities Committee, Representation and Inclusivity
Women and Equalities Committee, Representation and Inclusivity (updated 4th May 2020)
Policing in a Time of Coronavirus
Freedom of speech in Higher Education
Price Hikes and Coronavirus Pandemic
Increased Sentencing for Terrorist Offences
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