THE UK Government’s review into its deeply controversial Prevent strategy has “no legitimacy” because it was led by someone with outspoken views on immigration and multiculturalism, a human rights group has said.

William Shawcross’s review into the Government’s anti-extremism strategy was published on Wednesday and found that it was not doing enough to tackle “non-violent Islamist extremism”.

But Amnesty International said the review could not be trusted – accusing Shawcross of making “bigoted comments on Muslims and Islam” in the past.

Ilyas Nagdee, Amnesty International UK’s racial justice director, said: “This review is riddled with biased thinking, errors, and plain anti-Muslim prejudice – frankly, the review has no legitimacy.

“William Shawcross’s history of bigoted comments on Muslims and Islam should have precluded his involvement in this ill-starred review in the first place.

“There’s mounting evidence that Prevent has specifically targeted Muslim communities and activists fighting for social justice and a host of crucial international issues – including topics like the climate crisis and the oppression of Palestinians.