The Rights Of Man

ANTI-FREEZE POISONER GETS 30 YEARS

Kate Knight  who was found guilty of poisoning her husband with antifreeze received a 30 year sentence. It was the top of the scale for sentencing attempted murder cases.

The story had previously been covered here (link).

On the previous post above, it was said that this case received the level of coverage it deserved. One commentator disagreed because the media had not made the connection between this case and the fact that it was a case of domestic abuse. He was right.

There does not seem to be any articles in the media that connect this case to the wider issue of male victims of domestic abuse. It is almost treated as a one-off case.

Whilst there has been some recent movement in the media on this subject, it shows that more needs to be done.

Whenever an opportunity arises, this sad case should be used as an example of how men are DA victims as well as women.

BBC SUCCEED AGAIN, THIS TIME ON FALSE RAPE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MEN

Often this site has been critical of the BBC and how they systematically ignore men's issues even when the evidence is staring them in the face.

Last Sunday, they ran an excellent feature on Radio Five Live (see previous post) on male domestic violence victims, now the Radio One (link) 1Extra production team have run a feature on men falsely accused of rape.

It includes a recorded feature as well as copy on their web-site:-

False allegations of rape may make for gripping headlines in the newspapers, but they can also ruin the lives of those men who've been accused despite being innocent.

It explains how the police automatically believe the man is guilty and that according to Home Office research, between 3% and 9% of all reports of rape are found to be false. Yet the lives of those men accused are often devastated. Some even commit suicide, so terrible is the stigma of being charged with sexual assault - even if subsequently cleared.

The most recent case that achieved notoriety was the Warren Blackwell case (link).

Margaret Gardener, the director of the False Allegations Support Organisation (Faso) receives over a thousand calls each year from men looking for help and advice. She is utterly convincing.

There are two problems:-

Firstly, the feminist fundamentalist lobby, having taken over the Government, keep ratcheting up the targets for rape convictions which means that the police in their target driven madness don't care whether a man is innocent or not. To them, he is simply another tick in the box and has to be guilty. There is no such thing in rape cases as innocent before proven guilty when a man is accused of rape.

The second issue is that men who are accused of rape are named, whether innocent or not. This is not equality. Rightly, a woman is not named but a man should only be named if he is found guilty in a court of law. That is equality.

The feminist fundamentalists often say that nothing should happen that would prevent female victims from coming forward and this is right, however, allowing a man to keep his anonynomity unless guilty would not stop women coming forward.

Male anonymity is a key plank in the Manifesto for a Minister for Men (link).

The Government did look at this, but unsurprisingly got beaten down by the fundamentalist lobby, so they have no plans to change the law.

All aside, congratulations to the BBC for making a start on redressing the balance by highlighting two vitally important men's issues.

CONGRATULATIONS TO RADIO FIVE LIVE (5) FOR FEATURE ON MALE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS

As reported (link), the Stephen Nolan show on Radio Five Live (5) ran a feature on male domestic violence victims.

It was first rate and aired an interview with Erin Pizzey and a victim. Subsequently, they were inundated with calls from other victims, many of whom were interviewed. Not in recent years has there been such an opportunity to air this taboo.

It can still be heard at (link) and thanks to Men's Aid (link) - the timings are  01:34:40 to 01:43:00 and then 01:45:00 to 01:57:00, 02:01:30 to 02:28:30 and lastly 02:35:30 to 02:45:00.

If you ever hear those from

• Women's Aid,
• Refuge,
• NSPCC,
• Fawcett Society,
• Commission of Equality and Human Rights,
• Labour Government,
• Media.

deny that men are victims, sit them down and make sure they listen to every single word said on this programme.

With this feature and other articles such as those in the Telegraph, The Independent (link), (link) and (link), if the current Home Affairs Select Committee on Domestic Violence does not take male victims seriously in its findings then it will be a whitewash.

THE JOKE IS ON FATHERS AS BRUCE HYMAN SERVES TWO MONTHS OF ONE YEAR SENTENCE

When barrister Bruce Hyman was jailed for a year for framing a father fighting for custody of his children in the family law courts, there was rightly consternation that this was not long enough. This was compounded by Hyman seeking the cost of £11,000 to be made against the father.

The fact that Hyman thought he could get away with it was no surprise because fathers are hardly ever believed in the shadowy secret unaccountable Stalinist family court system (link).

However, it was revealed in the Ham & High newspaper that Hyman is already free and only had to serve two months of his 12 month sentence (link).

Even in this day and age where people only serve half of their sentence, only serving 1/6th is a scandal.

No justice at all for the father and it shows that the legal system did not take his crime that seriously. Of course, it is because fathers are the whipping boys, who cares about justice for them.

ANTI-FREEZE CASE SHOWS ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS MEN AND WOMEN

The sad court case involving Kate Knight's failed attempt to murder her husband (he is still left blind, deaf and has to bring up his son) with anti-freeze she put in his curry, raises a number of points.

Firstly, the shocking case received the coverage it deserved (link), (link), (link), (link), (link) and elsewhere as well.

Secondly, though extreme, it proved once and for all that domestic abuse is not just a man on women situation. This case should be brought up time and again, whenever groups like the Government, Refuge, Women's Aid et al talk about domestic abuse just affecting women. It is a clear example that domestic abuse is a social problem not a one way gender problem. It was disappointing that commentators did not pick up on this point.

Now we await the sentencing...it must be long...very long...

HOME AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THIRD HEARING

The next hearing of the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Domestic Violence is happening on Tuesday 19th February at Portcullis House, Parliament (link). It is likely to be available to watch on-line (link).

IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

This is the most important hearing so far because it is taking testimony from groups operating in this field.

Concerns have been raised that the only men's group is the MALE ADVICE LINE which is run by Respect, who largely deal with male perpetrators of violence. Charities such as the ManKind Initiative and Mens Aid have not been called to give evidence. Will the plight of the male victim get a hearing?

NEW REPORT SHOWS FAMILY COURTS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY FAILING

Families Need Fathers produced a first rate piece of research this week entitled "The Law, Justice and You!". The press release is here (link) and the full report here (link).

It clearly shows that the family court system, as it says on the press release, is failing those it aims to serve.

The delays are scary and atrocious but what is even worse is the appalling ratings for those supposedly involved in the justice system who are meant to be independent and act in the best interests of the child. It shows how the British rule of law is crumbling and confidence of a fair hearing is non existent.

• 50%  of judges are rated as poor;
• 64% of CAFCASS officers are rated as poor (2 in 3);
• 66% of lawyers are rated as poor.

It is a shocking state of affairs and the general awfulness of the unaccountable people in the ultra secretive CAFCASS is once again exposed.

The law clearly needs changing and the courts opened up to scrutiny. Where there is an unaccountable silence, there is injustice.

NEW BOOK - THE WOMAN RACKET BY STEVE MOXON

Steve Moxon, well known male rights activist and also the man who exposed the immigration scandal at the heart of the UK Government, has published a major new work, called The Woman Racket (link). More detail can be found here (link).

The book challenges the myths about the downtrodden woman and exposes how men are the discriminated sex.

At its heart it is a work that applies science to challenge the politically correct view of the elites that woman are the discriminated sex and men are the privileged sex. He argues that it is the other way round.

His view is that men should not apply for victim status as that plays into the hands of the politically correct, and that it should be the victim status of women that should be revoked.

This is highly recommended and is a vital weapon in the fight for male equality. Let the battle commence.

HOME AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE : SOME RECOGNITION OF MALE VICTIMS

Having viewed the first hearing of the Home Affairs Select Committee (link) on Domestic Violence, it is clear that the submissions made by groups about male victims has at least been recognised. Progress for male victims at last.

(02:00) - ACPO admit that male under-reporting is a problem;

(28:00) - CPS asked about the male victims in DV courts. The conclusion was that 11% of victims are men.

The above means there is clear under-reporting because men make up 40% of victims. The authorities need to do more to help men come forward.

MESSY DIVORCE SHOWS ANTI-MALE BIAS IN LEGAL SYSTEM

In the terribly messy divorce between Neil Medley and Jane Sanderson, she sells his personalised car number plate without his permission, he burns her underwear. See (link), (link) and (link)

Who gets arrested and convicted and who does not?

Yep, you got it and he even loses his appeal (link).

As featured on the Daily Mail's site (link) which asked for comments, one from Charles sums it all up:-

  We hear so many times about women destroying a mans clothes and possessions and they get a pat on the back - "you go girl" and all that bra burning garbage. The police are never involved and I would expect wouldn't want to be involved as it is a crime normally against a solvent man, so he is fair game.

Now it has happened to a woman and the police are in there like a shot. Even forensics science has been used. Haven't these politically correct police got anything better to do?

And as for the 'wife'. Not surprising her marriage is over now that the money has run out. What happened to "for richer for poorer"? It seems with a lot of women that is definitely not the case anymore.

- Charles, UK