Almost British
My name is Rudy Ebanks, in May this year the Ministry of Justice gave my wife an ultimatum to tell me to curb my activity on Facebook regarding her story ‘Almost Brisith’.
I am now taking out my own civil action against them for infringement of my Human Rights.
A little background about Olivea:
“Olivea had joined the Prison Service as the Head of Learning and Skills at HMP Leicester in September 2003.
Amid concerns of institutional racism, Olivea believed that she would become part of the solution to improve the treatment of prisoners against the backdrop of the murder of Zahid Mubarek, a 19 year old Asian man who had been put in a cell with a violent and racist psychopath.
Zahid’s cries to be moved were ignored and on the day that he was to be released he was bludgeoned to death by his cellmate who was known to have extreme racist views and a previous conviction for attempted murder of an inmate.
In January 2008, Olivea stood alone, presented her case for 15 days, and won judgements against the Prison Service. But they did not formally acknowledge the judgements. They did not sanction the managers who were found guilty. In fact, they promoted them! She had won her court case and this was important for her and others like her.
To protect and serve...!?
It was a record that could not be erased: racism existed within the senior management grades of the Prison Service. Fact! Her victory was proof. Others needed to know that winning was possible and that each win secured, would usher in change for the vulnerable”.
Now the Ministry of Jusctice are trying to stop her from speaking and sharing her story. They have threatened her with dismissal if she attempts to publicise or promote her book, even though she has broken no law.
For further information of a get a copy of the book please contact “[email protected]”
You may also be interested in reading some of the comments made by Voice newspaper readers and various bloggs written about Olivea’s story:
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/author-taking-ministry-justice-tribunal
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/government-bans-race-expose
http://leejasper.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html
http://thealmostbritishblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/time-to-speak-up.html
http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/tag/olivea-ebanks/
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