I was outraged when I read Tommy Robinson was railroaded by
the British legal system for merely reporting on Muslim pedophile-rape
jihadists who were actually convicted. In the case of Robinson, he was actually
convicted for making convicted Muslims anxious.
It was this moment I linked to a Tommy Robinson support page
convinced even though he had already been given a legal raw deal, Robinson
would still need support. For me it is irrelevant if for future legal fees or a
way to help the Robinson family pay their bills while the breadwinner is unjustly
incarcerated – THAT SUPPORT LINK on the
Tommy Robinson website: https://www.tr.news/freedom-for-tommy
Other than feeling the outrage for the UK treatment of Free
Speech Rights, I received a Middle East Forum press release update with some
details on the Robinson conviction which you can read below.
JRH 7/13/19
In this space I
usually request SlantRight 2.0
support, BUT if you have the extra cash send it Tommy Robinson’s way!
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News: MEF Funds Tommy Robinson Defense ... To No Avail
MEF Press Release
July 12, 2019
Philadelphia – July 12, 2019 – The Middle East
Forum again helped citizen-journalist Tommy Robinson defend himself from
charges arising from his reporting in March 2018 outside a courthouse where a
Muslim rape gang was on trial.
Mr. Robinson has been sentenced to nine months in jail, the
culmination of the UK Establishment's dogged pursuit of an individual with the
audacity to report on the UK's epidemic of Muslim rape grooming gangs. Although
found guilty of a civil infraction he has been placed in HMP Belmarsh, a notoriously
violent prison sometimes known as the "jihadi training camp."
In this latest round, Mr. Robinson is sentenced to jail for
a technical violation of the UK's Contempt of Court Act of 1981 that allows
judges to postpone the reporting of trials. However, "Worse than being
selectively enforced, the Contempt Act appears to be exclusively enforced
against Tommy Robinson when it comes to reporting outside courthouses,"
notes Marc Fink, the Forum's Legal Project director. Indeed, according a UK media
guide (emphasis added):
Filming parties to proceedings as they arrive and leave the
court house is also technically forbidden but in practice this rule is not
enforced e.g. pictures of defendants and witnesses arriving and leaving the
Royal Courts of Justice or the 'Old Bailey' are commonly shown. In May 2018,
Mr. Robinson was arrested, tried, convicted, sentenced to 13 months prison, and
jailed – all in the course of five hours. On August 1, Mr. Robinson won his
appeal, with the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales denouncing "a
fundamentally flawed process." But the UK's attorney general was
undeterred, re-trying the case last week, this time putting on a better show
trial.
The Forum most recently assisted Mr. Robinson by funding his
legal team in an attempt to have the charges dismissed. In 2018, it funded,
organized and staffed three "Free Tommy" London rallies and spurring
Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador for International Religious Freedom, to
raise the issue with UK officials, as well as other steps.
Mr. Robinson has acknowledged this assistance: "The
political establishment here in the UK is doing everything possible to silence
me solely for my views on political Islam. The Middle East Forum has been
instrumental in assisting with my reoccurring legal challenges."
"The Middle East Forum continues to stand behind Mr.
Robinson, in word and deed," notes Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle
East Forum. "Right now, his life is in danger. The British authorities
repeatedly have placed Mr. Robinson in the prisons most dangerous to his
well-being."
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The Middle East Forum promotes American interests in the
region and protects Western civilization from Islamism. It does so through a
unique combination of original ideas, focused activism, and the funding of
allies.
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About The
Middle East Forum
The Middle East Forum, a think tank founded in 1994 by
Daniel Pipes, promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects
Western values from Middle Eastern threats. In the Middle East, we focus on
ways to defeat radical Islam; work for Palestinian acceptance of Israel;
develop strategies to contain Iran; and deal with advancing anarchy.
Domestically, the Forum emphasizes the danger of lawful Islamism; protects the
freedoms of anti-Islamist authors, and activists; and works to improve Middle
East studies.
Mission
MEF promotes American interests in the Middle East and
protects Western values from Middle Eastern threats.
The Forum sees the region — with its profusion of
dictatorships, radical ideologies, existential conflicts, border disagreements,
corruption, political violence, and weapons of mass destruction — as a major
source of problems for the United States. Accordingly, we urge bold measures to
protect Americans and their allies.
In the Middle East, we focus on ways to defeat radical
Islam; work for Palestinian acceptance of Israel; develop strategies to contain
Iran; and deal with the great advances of anarchy.
At home, the Forum emphasizes the danger of lawful
Islamism; protects the freedoms of anti-Islamist authors, activists, and
publishers; and works to improve Middle East studies.
Methods
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