FALSE ALLEGATIONS CAMPAIGN
They should jail rapists, not women who report rape. Women are being jailed for perverting the course of justice after reporting rape whilst the vast majority of rapists walk free. The prosecution of these women gets disproportionate media coverage and puts women off reporting rape. Layla Ibrahim was convicted for perverting the course of justice after reporting rape and served a 3 year prison sentence. She refused to withdraw her statement under pressure from the police. Women should not be coerced into withdrawing reports of rape, by relatives of the man or by the police . The police should be focusing on convicting rapists not criminalising women who report violence.
Report: Jail Rapists not Rape Victims, meeting in House of Commons Women and families affected by biased rape investigations were joined by supporters in the House of Commons on 2 December to discuss the campaign, led by us, against the prosecution and imprisonment of rape survivors. Hosted by John McDonnell MP, the event focused …
PRESS RELEASE: 27 organisations urge DPP not to prosecute rape victims Twenty-seven organisations, including rape crisis centres and women’s aid groups, have written to Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), alarmed by rising prosecutions of women for supposed false allegations of rape or domestic violence. They say that such prosecutions are not in …
Why we oppose prosecutions of women accused of making a false allegation Evidence given to the DPP, February 2011 1. Alleged false allegations have been a distraction: bungled rape investigations and prosecutions are the problem. False allegations for rape are extremely rare, yet they are treated as a major problem. This distracts from the true …
Statement: In fighting for justice for Jackie Berkeley we are fighting for justice for all. On 19 April, 1984, Ms Jacqueline Berkeley and three other young Black women were arrested after an alleged disturbance in Manchester. At Moss Side Police Station, Ms Berkeley was taken into a cell, script naked, racially abused and raped by …
