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Survivors of childhood abuse campaign for compensation NADJA, by Leila Hawkins 15/07/2022 Read on NADJA site here People who have experienced childhood abuse in the UK are being denied compensation by a punitive law. Survivors are now campaigning to change this. When *Lucy was 11 years old her grandfather began sexually abusing her. For the …
MOJ consultation – Victims must not be denied compensation because we have a criminal conviction. Dear friends Ministry of Justice consultation on compensation Please send your views urgently to this consultation – by 5 August 2022 deadline. Victims of rape, sexual assault and other violent crimes must not de denied compensation because we have a criminal …
EXCLUSIVE: Sex abuse victim denied compo after bringing Rottweiler to collect overdue pay cheque The compensation has been denied because the victims had an unspent conviction on their record, and campaigners say that this discriminates against people who have committed a minor crime This is an interview with Kim Mitchell who has been working with WAR …
Video: Press launch of our petition “Stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault” Victims of rape and sexual assault are being denied compensation just because we have a minor criminal conviction. This outrageous discrimination has deprived 895 sexual assault victims of any award. SIGN THE PETITION, and circulate it widely. Let’s press the government …
Woman pimped out in her teens denied compensation for seven-year ordeal Josh Layton Sunday 26 Dec 2021 6:00 am A woman who was pimped out by her grandad as a teenager feels she is the one being punished after being denied compensation. Lucy was raped and forced into prostitution from the age of 11, but …
Call to stop denying compensation to rape victims with criminal convictions 20 December 2021, Claudia Jacob A Kentish Town-based organisation has launched a petition demanding the government stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault who have unrelated unspent convictions. The Ministry of Justice-funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) makes payments to victims of violent crime. Since 2012, …
Rape victims with minor criminal convictions blocked from financial compensation Exclusive: ‘Given so many of these victims were attacked as children by grown men, the trauma is lasting,’ says campaigner. Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent, The Independent, 13 December 2021 Hundreds of sexual assault and rape victims with minor criminal convictions are being denied financial compensation, The Independent can reveal. Exclusive data …
Stop denying compensation to victims of sexual assault PRESS RELEASE Women Against Rape invites you to the launch of its petition On Wednesday 15 December 2021, 12noon-1pm, join us at an online press conference to launch this new petition. Media and non-media welcome. REGISTER HERE For more information contact: Women Against Rape 020 7482 2496 …
Consult on damages for crime victims with convictions, court tells government The High Court ruling against the justice secretary follows a legal challenge by a woman who was sexually abused aged eight but denied damages. Kim Mitchell, who committed a minor public order offence 30 years later, waived her anonymity and said the rule was …
Sex attack victims denied compensation ‘because of unpaid TV licences’ The applicants had requests turned down for convictions including not owning a TV licence, shoplifting and sex work, according to campaign group Women Against Rape (WAR). The claims were rejected by the Government’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme over the past six years. Figures released by …