mo4ch:>UK govt fights release of docs on its involvement in radio drama on counter-extremism | Mo4ch News

The UK government is fighting to prevent the publication of docs that would reportedly show how much their propaganda unit, the RICU, was involved in targeting young British Muslims, as part of their counter-extremism strategy.Lawyers for the government are attempting to block a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that would reveal the Home Office's Research, Information and Communications Unit’s (RICU) role in the creation and production of supposedly independent radio shows, the Middle East Eye (MEE) reports.The RICU is part of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) within the Home Office.Also on rt.comMuslim-run alternative to Prevent launched to tackle radicalizationThe FOI case brought by Faisal Qureshi, a Manchester-based film researcher, argues that the secrecy around the RICU is counter-productive and the lack of public scrutiny around covert state funding of the arts could potentially lead to money being inappropriately used.The radio drama at the centre of…