Against rape & domestic violence

Italian Embassy, Tuesday, 8 June ,1-2pm, 14 Three Kings Yard, London W1K 4EH

On 8 June, a charge of attempted rape brought by Ms Joy N against chief of police inspector Vittorio Addesso of Milan CIE (Centre for Identification and Expulsion) Detention Centre in Italy, will be heard in court.

In August 2009, Mr Addesso tried to rape Ms Joy N, a young Nigerian woman, while she slept in the detention centre he runs. Her cellmate and three other women intervened and stopped the rape.

Press statement: Red Thread and Help & Shelter, Thursday, December 10, 2009

DO WE HEAR THEM WHEN THEY CRY? AN OPEN LETTER FROM RED THREAD ON WHY WE ARE DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE NOW

Kaieteur News (May 9, “Rights of the Child Commission sworn in”) reported President Jagdeo as describing the recent and ongoing protest by the Coalition to Stamp out Violence as “cheap” because the protestors “knew that the government had to take care of a busy Parliamentary agenda which included crucial security legislation, such as wire-tapping..”.

Sent to the media November 2, 2009