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Campaigners at a London rally in 2023. Photo: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty Images Why abortion rights in the UK are getting more and more perilous The Guardian, 19th May 2025 Zoe Williams "Earlier this month, Nicola Packer was found not guilty of illegally terminating a pregnancy, after taking abortion pills beyond the legal limit of 10 weeks.… Continue reading Don’t imagine things couldn’t get worse for women here.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028dly/scams-scandals-trolled-to-death Sexual activity with a child is a crime, yet the police left it up to the Semina, the 12-year-old victim, to decide if anything further should happen, telling her, "It will be your word against his." No one did anything to stop her from being further bullied to death. No social media sites with… Continue reading Trolled to death – how many children’s deaths will it take?
Illustration Hermin Utamo A Sample Target Story. My comments in italics Maria Smith "My story begins as an assistant professor in my home country, during which time I also held visiting professorships at prominent research universities in Europe and the United States. I had successfully developed a technology with the potential to diagnose human diseases… Continue reading The survival of the pawns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r60GA71qCRM Police officers use shifts specifically to safeguard women as opportunities to start 'relationships.' "The last time I saw him, he was with a girl who was really drunk. And I said, 'Who is that?' And he said, 'Oh, she was just drunk and asking for directions.' I remember thinking, that's exactly how I met… Continue reading Trust me I’m a police officer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNd-cF7w2c The offence should have been manslaughter, not murder Could it be that because the family was so wealthy, such an archetype of the American dream, that people couldn't believe the murder by the sons could have been about anything but money? It wasn't only his sons that Jose Menendez abused. It was manslaughter, not… Continue reading Who could be as abused as they were and not want to kill their abuser?
Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins, Gen Sir Mark Carlton-Smith, and Lt Gen Jonathan Page (Head of SAS) KNEW. https://tinyurl.com/bddtafcv UK's SAS were given the right to veto the immigration of any Afghan special forces who were on operations with them. They vetoed anyone who might testify about the war crimes they had witnessed. Many of the… Continue reading Afghan SAS stopped from immigrating to UK by our SAS because they witnessed war crimes comitted by UK’s SAS.
Sometimes, what you see seems so perfect that you don't notice the red flags. Lundy Bancroft's brilliant book, "WHY DOES HE DO THAT?" deconstructs domestic abusers. His profession is counselling them, but he always checks in with their abused partners to get her version of events with which to challenge his client. It's fascinating; he deconstructs every strategy… Continue reading Red flags: if anything below surprises, you need to read the book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39oywKb1xUw Christopher Lascaris died because no one checked on his capacity to make decisions and save him from cuckooing. Criminals actively search for independently living vulnerable adults to cuckoo - take over their premises for criminal purposes, for example, to grow cannabis. It's not just in cases of mental capacity that families need to be… Continue reading Lives lost because families are not consulted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm-ouSZnC-E The life of Victoria Giuffre represents the triumph of the human spirit over what she experienced. I wasn't sure what I thought of her death. Initially, I was disappointed, but then, considering the abuse she suffered, who the hell was I to be disappointed? I'm not usually a Piers Morgan fan, but this is… Continue reading The day a certain person is allowed back into a public role is the day I become a virulent republican!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz0f1yyf_eA When she gets it right, boy, does she get it right Blood Parliament - BBC Africa Eye Documentary This is how you do investigative journalism. African journalists speaking truth to power. I'll be very disappointed if this doesn't win awards. #BloodParliament #BBCNewsAfrica