Saturday, August 22, 2009

Iris Josiah, black magistrate highlights extent of discrimination in Corrupt Britain


Dear All

As I have previously highlighted through-out this blog, Britain is a corrupt country.

Interconnect social networks are in place at every level that act as barriers to people getting justice.

This is rife, right across the social sphere, from the cradle to the grave most people experience this in one form or another in education, housing or law.

In most cases the bulk of discrimination never reaches the public domain. The Government has brought forward laws on discrimination which most people are effectively banned from being able to access because of the way the legal system is set up.

No money, no justice!

In Britain getting justice is more about subject to status rather than the righteous of your case.

Iris Josiah, a black magistrate was lucky because her case was taken by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

She was victimised after highlighting alleged racist treatment of black defendants doing through the Court system.

She said there was a 'culture of unfair practices against black defendants' among magistrates in Enfield, North London.

This fits in with the theme I have been highlighting over many years about how things work in Britain.

Her allegations are pretty damning as she describes her fellow lay justices as routinely 'hostile' towards black people and convicted them on slim or no evidence.

Ms Josiah, a former councillor in Haringey, was unlawfully suspended by court bosses after voicing her concerns about her colleagues' racism.

This is a familiar tactic to silence dissent rather than deal with the problem, her bosses instead decided to silence the victim.

Another tactic used was drag the process out as long as possible in the hope that she would go away but luckily for the public, she decided to fight for the higher principle.

However Stratford Employment Tribunal in east London has made no ruling as to alleged race bias by magistrates.

So the problem is only part solved, the victim gets reinstated but the culture isn’t addressed.

Ms Josiah claims that she suffered a seven-year campaign of racist bullying and harassment by colleagues.

As someone with previous experience of being a victim of harassment at Glasgow University; I completely understand what she is saying.


Her solicitor Lawrence Davies, of law firm Equal Justice, said yesterday;

“This case illustrates that the justice system itself harbours those who victimise alleged victims of racism.”

This is exactly in keeping with my theme of social networks that protect those involved in bullying and discrimination.

At Glasgow University such a network exists that does every thing possible to ensure that victims of crimes by staff don’t receive justice or equal treatment.

Enter a Ministry of Justice spokesman.

He said;

“The Ministry of Justice has clear set standards of expected behaviour for its own staff and takes a tough stance on bullying and victimisation.”

In corrupt Britain; I assume that the Ministry of Justice will bury this for over a year then say guidelines have been revised.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

1 comment:

Eddy J said...

Iris, you are 100% correct. I totally agree. The problem is Britains ethnic minority isn't well connected as a form of one body to be able to counter this corruption and act as a force to improve the racially biased court system, and many other government institutions who victimise blacks and Asians.