According to reports in the Guardian on the 16th and 18th of October and backed by an independent report produced by the Institute of Race Relations, the Preventing Violent Extremism program has been used to gather intelligence about innocent people who are not suspected of involvement in terrorism causing concern amongst civil rights and civil society organisations about the violation of the privacy of individuals

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Lord Ahmed and The Cordoba Foundation will be hosting a discussion at The House of Lords on the 29th of October to discuss the present and future implications of these revelations on security and community relations.