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We produce cutting edge reports, briefings and papers documenting the abuse of due process and the erosion of the rule of law in the context of the ‘war on terror’.
Thanks to our unique access to impacted individuals and communities and the trust established with them, we are able to build our reports on unmatched primary source information.
In addition, our empirical analysis and investigations into subjects related to far-reaching impacts of the ‘war on terror’ on law, people and communities, mean that our research reports are widely referenced and acknowledged by leading academics and organisations.
Our research and analysis aims to cut through the noise and provide an invaluable critical perspective for our advocacy work.
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Reports & Publications
CAGE Paper deconstructs Tony Blair Institute report: ‘Narratives of Division’
January 24, 2019
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This paper is a response to the newly released report ‘Narratives of Division: The Spectrum of Islamist Worldviews in the UK’ by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Following its publication late last week, we <a href="https://www.cage.ngo/tony-blairs-new-report-is-a-poor-attempt-at-censoring-muslim-voices-and-dictating-islamic-belief">issued a statement</a> outlining how it is “an academically flawed attempt to remould Islamic belief and silence Muslim voices that challenge repressive state policies.”</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">In this paper, we debunk the central claims of the report, shed more light on the political motivations for it, and place its release in the current context of counter-extremism in Britain.</span>
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CCE Exposed: The Islamophobia Industry policing thoughts and beliefs report
January 6, 2019
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This report takes a look into the Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE), formed in 2018.
The report tackles the theoretical basis of the CCE and British counter-extremism more broadly, including its recent turn to combatting the far-right and ‘hate crime’, as the body seeks to build support for repressive counter-extremism measures.
It also profiles the individuals represented on the CCE’s ‘Expert Group’ and looks in to the deeply troubling networks that have embedded themselves within the CCE and that are closely tied to the global Islamophobia industry.
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Reports & Publications
Separating Families - How PREVENT Seeks the Removal of Children
September 24, 2018
This is a report unlike any that CAGE has produced before, and it comes at a crucial time. In today’s global paradigm we have become acquainted with the images and stories of children being removed from their parents in countries that espouse “freedom and democracy”. This has happened under the guise of “immigration control and preventing terrorism”.
We have seen this happening in the United States and, at a lower profile but no less significant extent, in Australia. Such policies have long roots in colonialism and empire.
Now, for the first time, CAGE is offering documentation that the removal of children, and the attempted removal of children, is taking place in the family courts of the United Kingdom. It is being done using an unreliable and highly subjective method of measuring “extremism” and “radicalisation”, themselves subjective terms that have not been adequately defined.
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Blacklisted: The secretive Home Office Unit silencing voices of dissent
August 9, 2017
This report provides a unique insight, for the first time, of opaque units that work as part of the government’s counterterrorism policies, the Extremism Analysis Unit (EAU) and the Research Information and Communications Unit (RICU). These two units, in particular, assist the government in its Prevent strategy, by conducting research and coordinating propaganda.
The report also exposes the influence of far right organisations, such as the Henry Jackson Society, in the secretive process of designating individuals as ‘extremists’.
The information in this report is primarily based on two sources, witness statements given by the heads of EAU and RICU in the case of Dr Salman Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department.
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Africa Review: Ethiopia - CAGE Africa
May 31, 2017
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This chapter of the CAGE Africa Review provides a look at some of the impact the ‘War on Terror’ has had on Ethiopia as of the end of 2016, both in terms of its judicial make-up as well as the relationship between the government and two ethnic groups in the country, the Ogaden and the Oromo, both of which are gripped in a struggle for recognition and national participation for their respective movements.
The chapter does not aim to provide an exhaustive review, but it rather provides snapshots of various aspects of the ‘War on Terror’ in Ethiopia that are evidence of the absence of the rule of law and which result in abuse, in particular of Muslims but also of other groups.
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The 'science' of pre-crime: The secret 'radicalisation' study underpinning PREVENT
September 28, 2016
In July 2015, the UK government introduced a statutory duty on all public sector workers to spot the signs of ‘radicalisation’ in order to stop their charges being ‘drawn into terrorism’. The government uses a system of 22 factors that has been developed to train these public sector employees in spotting signs of vulnerability.
This CAGE report, details for the first time how the government produced these factors in secret, and subsequently relied on an evidence base that was not only unproven, but extended far beyond its original remit. Key among our findings, is the admission by those who wrote the study, that they did not factor political grievance into the modelling, a fact they say was, “perhaps an omission”. Further, the government’s study states that only trained professionals should be using these factors, and yet they have been rolled out nationally under a statutory duty imposed under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 – ultimately being used in what they term the pre-crime space.
Reviewed by 18 academics this is one of CAGE’s most robust reports that have critiqued and shed light on the government’s counter extremism strategy.
Over 140 academics signed a joint letter criticising the ‘science’ underlying the government’s ‘radicalisation’ policy. They also called for the publication of the classified ERG22+ study, which underpins the entire PREVENT agenda.
“This report raises far-reaching questions about evidence base and credibility of the government’s counter terrorism strategy and specifically the idea that ‘signs’ of ‘extremism’ can be listed and categorised.” Professor David Miller.
“You are to be greatly commended for the watchdog role you are currently playing in rigorously scrutinising and critiquing these dubious and harmful practices by the British government. I am glad you are able to put the time, effort and expertise into such an important role.” Professor Richard Jackson, editor-in-chief of the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism.
“This report raises important questions for psychologists. Most importantly, we are reminded that our psychological research can be used for purposes that it was not designed for; and that this can cause great harm.” Dr Leeda Blackwood.
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Johannesburg Declaration on Israel's Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide: Towards a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine
May 14, 2024
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Over 400 UK Imams and scholars reject Gove's new extremism definition and call on Muslims to support MEND, CAGE and The Muslim Association of Britain
March 22, 2024
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European Policy Briefing: Special Edition on Palestine
January 5, 2024
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Censoring Palestine, From Schools to Workplaces
December 21, 2023
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Expert Opinions on Israel’s “right to exist” by Professor John Dugard SC and Professor Avi Shlaim
March 1, 2023
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We are Beginning to Spread Terror - French
March 2, 2022
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Muslim Scholars demand an end to War on Terror
September 17, 2021
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Aafia Siddiqui: A case of lies and inconsistencies report
August 19, 2021
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Letter to the EC president
March 8, 2021
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Human Rights Council Complaint Procedure Form
January 18, 2021
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20 Years of TACT: Justice Under Threat report
July 20, 2020
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Exploiting the Pandemic
May 14, 2020
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Coronavirus Bill: Extra powers must be subject to strict oversight and must end with the pandemic
March 24, 2020
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Letter to Home Secretary
January 23, 2020
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Over 100 leading academics and campaigners call for end to PREVENT and back CAGE’s alternative 8-point plan
January 17, 2020
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Beyond PREVENT: A Real Alternative To Securitised Policies report
January 16, 2020
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Schedule 7: Harassment at Borders
August 20, 2019
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Response to Narratives of Division by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
January 24, 2019
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CCE Exposed Report
January 6, 2019
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Response to National PREVENT coordinator
October 5, 2018
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Letter from National Prevent Coordinator Nik Adams
October 5, 2018
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Separating Families – How PREVENT Seeks the Removal of Children report
September 24, 2018
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Response to call for Working Definition of 'Islamophobia'
June 26, 2018
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Torture in America: FBI & DOD torture of Ali al-Marri on the Charleston Naval Brig - Report
April 24, 2018
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Africa Review: Ethiopia report
May 31, 2017
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The 'Science' of Pre-Crime
September 28, 2016
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Consent Denied report
January 29, 2016
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External Review into CAGE’s handling of the Mohammed Emwazi Affair report
October 19, 2015
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Submission to Home Affairs Select Committee
October 1, 2015
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CAGE’s response to Henry Jackson Society
July 27, 2015
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CAGE Brochure
July 6, 2015
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Failing Our Communities: A case study approach to understanding PREVENT
July 6, 2015
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Challenging the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill
January 5, 2015
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ISC inquiry NGO joint letter
November 8, 2014
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Criminalising Non-Violent Organisations
November 4, 2014
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Serious Crime Bill Submission
October 23, 2014
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Repression of Palestine solidarity in Schools 2021
July 20, 2014
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Blowback report
July 17, 2014
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Submission to the Home Office on Schedule 7
June 10, 2014
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The PREVENT strategy: A cradle to grave police-state report
February 1, 2014
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Tackling Extremism in the UK: Part II
December 1, 2013
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Tackling Extremism in the UK: Part I
December 1, 2013
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We are Beginning to Spread Terror - English
October 20, 2012
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Guantanamo Begins at Home report
April 1, 2012
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CagePrisoners Annual Report 2010-11
December 1, 2011
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Djamel Beghal - British and French complicity in torture report
October 1, 2011
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Good Muslim Bad Muslim: A response to the revised PREVENT strategy report
July 1, 2011
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Too blunt for just outcomes report
June 1, 2011
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Fabricating Terrorism III: British Complicity In Renditions And Torture report
January 1, 2011
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The Horn Of Africa Inquistion The Latest Profile In The War On Terror report
April 30, 2010
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Operation Luxor: Unravelling the Myths behind Austria's Largest Ever Peacetime Raids
November 20, 2009
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Detention Immorality report
November 1, 2009
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Blacklisted report
August 20, 2009
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Guantanamo’s Hidden History: Shocking statistics of starvation
June 10, 2009
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Fabricating Terrorism II: British Complicity in Renditions and Torture report
April 4, 2009
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Devoid of the Rule of Law: Pakistan’s ‘War on Terror’
July 24, 2008
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Citizens No More: ‘War on Terror’ Abuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
July 1, 2007
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Off the Record report
June 1, 2007
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Inside Africa’s War on Terror: War on Terror Detentions in the Horn of Africa report
May 1, 2007
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Foreign Nationals Rendered To Guantánamo Bay-Style Detention And Abuse In Ethiopia report
April 16, 2007
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Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan report
February 1, 2007
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Detention in the name of the War on Terror report
June 24, 2006
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Fabricating Terrorism I report
March 1, 2006
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Report on Ghost Detention
November 12, 2005
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The status of British residents held in Guantanamo Bay report
October 1, 2005
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Report into the Systematic and Institutionalised US Desecration of the Qur’an and Other Islamic Rituals
May 16, 2005
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The Guantanamo Detainees report
May 13, 2004
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We are Completely Independent: The Home Office, Breakthrough Media and the PREVENT Counter Narrative Industry
May 20, 2002
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Beyond the Law report
December 20, 2001
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monthly policy briefings
Each month, CAGE analysts will provide briefings on important policy developments in Britain, France and Austria relating to counter-terrorism and national security policies. The briefings are designed to be short, indispensable references for activists, academics and others interested in keeping up to date with the proliferation of War on Terror-era policies worldwide.