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A delivery driver calls 999 after witnessing an assault, yet the woman with bruises becomes the suspect. That reversal sets the tone for a story that forces us to confront how easily credibility flips when a vulnerable person meets a tired system. We walk through Tanya’s account of years of coercive control, forced isolation, surveillance, alleged interference with medical records, and symptoms that vanished the moment she was jailed, and ask why those red flags didn’t trigger safeguards. Along the way, we unpack data from watchdogs and NGOs on custody failures, the scarcity of appropriate adults, and the rising number of detainees with mental health concerns, grounding one woman’s experience in a troubling national picture.

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• National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Refuge): 0808 2000 247 – Free, 24/7, confidential.
• Women’s Aid Live Chat: chat.womensaid.org.uk
  – Daily 8am–6pm.
• Men’s Advice Line: 0808 801 0327 – Support for male victims.

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• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) – Free, 24/7, confidential.
• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 – 24/7 support for sexual assault survivors.

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Actors: Kamilla Gregorovitch & Daria Belova

Producers: Charlotte Janes & Leyla Aranir

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

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What does it mean to create art in a time of genocide? How can filmmaking become an act of resistance? 

Saeed Taji Farouky joins Rebel Justice to explore these urgent questions from his perspective as an award-winning documentary filmmaker, educator, and activist. Over two decades, his camera has taken viewers from Myanmar's oil fields to Afghan frontlines, consistently centering voices that mainstream media erases.

Throughout our discussion, Saeed offers profound insights into sustaining hope through creative resistance, the continuity of Palestinian culture through art, and the responsibility of institutions during humanitarian crises. "This is probably the one chance in everyone's life to participate in a liberation movement," he reflects, challenging listeners to overcome fear and find their own form of meaningful resistance.

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Guest: Saeed Taji Farouky

Producer: Charlotte Janes

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

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Justice and law touch every aspect of our lives, yet we rarely think about them until they directly impact us or those we love. When they fail, the consequences can be devastating, especially for the most vulnerable among us.

Janine Ewen's story begins in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, where political conflict formed the backdrop to a more intimate violence. As a child witnessing her father's abuse of her mother, Janine learned early what it means when systems fail to protect those they should. Her vivid descriptions of putting beds against doors, her brother sleeping with his shoes on ready to escape, and police officers who advised her mother to "go back and calm the situation down" reveal the profound gaps in our approaches to domestic abuse.

After escaping to Scotland with her mother and brother, the family found temporary safety in a women's refuge. Yet even there, the shadow of abuse followed them, as her father repeatedly attempted to locate them despite court orders prohibiting contact. It wasn't until his death decades later that her mother finally felt truly safe – a stark reminder of how lasting the impact of domestic violence can be.

What makes Janine's journey remarkable is how she's transformed these experiences into a driving force for change. With over two decades of work in victim support, public health, and harm reduction, she brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her advocacy. Her passionate critique of family courts, which often enable abusers to maintain control through legal means, and her emphasis on early mental health support for children experiencing domestic violence offer concrete pathways toward more effective and humane approaches.

Through creative methodologies that give ownership back to survivors and a commitment to highlighting both system failures and possibilities for reform, Janine exemplifies the vital role that survivor voices must play in reshaping our justice system. Her message to others – "you're not alone" – carries the weight of someone who truly understands both the isolation of abuse and the power of community in healing.

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Guest: Janine Ewen - Specialist in Public Health, Safety and Childhood Vulnerability

Producer: Charlotte Janes

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

Read more of Janine's work here:

https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/news-views/2024/november/exploring-the-impact-of-childhood-violence-on-young-people-and-adults/

https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/news-views/2025/june/eliciting-conversations-with-young-people-on-safety-harm-and-place/

https://vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/working-in-policing-and-vulnerability-insider-tips-from-an-early-career-researcher-and-harm-reduction-specialist/

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What happens when a woman who gives voice to the voiceless becomes the target of the very system she criticises? Farah Damji's story challenges everything we believe about justice, compassion, and human dignity in modern Britain.

Farah—a mother, editor, writer, and fierce advocate for women in prison—founded The View magazine in 2020 to amplify the stories of women caught in the criminal justice system. Now she finds herself fighting not only stage three breast cancer but also appealing a six-year sentence handed down in what her legal team describes as a profoundly flawed trial.

The details are harrowing. After a 13-hour cancer surgery, Farah was shackled to prison guards around the clock for 23 days—while showering, using the toilet, even during wound dressing with her breasts exposed. She missed 22 vital hospital appointments because Sodexo ltd which runs HMOP Bronzefield and CNWL NHS Foundation Trust failed to take her to hospital and never managed to put in place a proper CarePlan so she can commence chemotherapy and radiotherapy due to negligence and malicious misconduct by prison director, Charlotte Wilson and acting deputy director, Angie Dench. The prison couldn't arrange escorts, claiming they did not have 2 female escort staff available, so Sharon Milliken refused to sign off the prison escort risk assessment, dropping her survival prognosis to just 20%. Despite her surgeon pleading for her release to access treatment and also 30,000 cash bail put out by her family, judges at Wood green Crown court denied bail four times.

Her application for leave to appeal both convictions and sentence, including disclosure failures, judicial misconduct, and the weaponization of stalking laws against a woman.

Sign the petition to stop the torture of women with cancer at HMP Bronzefield:  https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-torture-of-women-with-cancer-at-hmp-bronzefield

Sign the petition to demand the removal of Judge Joanna Greenberg to safeguard women and girls: https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-removal-of-judge-joanna-greenberg-to-safeguard-women-and-girls

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Producers: Nico Rivosecchi & Charlotte Janes

Editor: Nico Rivosecchi

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

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What happens when you fall through the cracks between two nations? For Carol Lloyd, it's meant a decade-long nightmare of prison cells, medical neglect, and abandonment by the very governments meant to protect her.

Carol sits in a Canadian prison today – triple-bunked, seriously ill, and without legal representation. Her British passport was seized during extradition, while her application to revoke Canadian citizenship has sat untouched for over two years. When eventually released, she faces homelessness in a country where she has no support system, with no clear path back to her family in the UK.

Through the eyes of her daughter Danielle, we witness the devastating human cost when bureaucracy overrides compassion. From being denied neurological care despite specialist recommendations, to the heartbreaking moment Danielle drove hours to visit her mother only to learn she'd been secretly extradited that morning – this story exposes how easily vulnerable people disappear inside a system that refuses to see them.

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Guest: Danielle Lloyd

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

Producer: Charlotte Janes

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Welcome back to Rebel Justice and part two of our illuminating conversation with Meg Egan, CEO of the Women's Prison Association—America's first organization dedicated to women impacted by incarceration.

Where our first episode explored personal stories driving WPA's mission, this segment zooms out to examine systemic solutions. Meg shares critical insights from her time working at Rikers Island, where she witnessed firsthand the profound failures of mass incarceration, particularly for vulnerable populations. Her experiences supervising solitary confinement units holding teenagers and later overseeing jail conditions during the pandemic have cemented her conviction that fundamental change is urgently needed.

At the heart of this episode is WPA's revolutionary approach to supporting justice-impacted women and gender-expansive people. Rather than rigid programs, they offer personalized care that restores agency to individuals who've been systematically denied it. We explore their newest permanent supportive housing project, the Rise, where trauma-informed design creates environments conducive to healing. Meg articulates how thoughtful architecture, community connection, and dignified support create pathways to stability that punishment never could.

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Guest: Meg Egan

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

Producers: Maile Monds & Charlotte Janes

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Meg Egan, CEO of the Women’s Prison Association, takes us inside the oldest U.S. organization dedicated to supporting women impacted by incarceration. Since 1845, WPA has quietly revolutionized justice for women and families, addressing root causes like poverty, trauma, and the criminalization of survival.

Meg shares how WPA has evolved over 180 years while staying true to its belief that incarceration should never mean a lifetime of poverty or disconnection. We explore their vision for a community-based “infrastructure of service” that supports women at every stage of justice involvement—from pre-trial to post-release.

The episode features the story of  a young mother and college student turned WPA case manager, whose journey through the Justice Home program highlights the power of lived experience. 

This is the first of a two-part conversation that challenges us to reimagine justice rooted in healing, community, and real opportunity.

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Guest: Meg Egan

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

Producers: Maile Monds & Charlotte Janes

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When does protest become terrorism? In one of the most alarming developments in a generation, the UK government has prescribed Palestine Action under counter-terrorism legislation, placing a direct action group alongside neo-Nazi organisations and making it a criminal offence to express support for them.

This groundbreaking episode delves into the dangerous precedent being set as authorities weaponize anti-terror laws against those challenging state complicity in violence abroad. Through a powerful interview with Professor Ben Saul, the UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, we uncover how the UK's definition of terrorism dangerously stretches international standards by criminalizing property damage rather than limiting it to acts causing death or serious injury.

The stakes couldn't be higher. Over a single weekend, more than 500 people were arrested in London for expressing solidarity with Palestine Action—the largest mass arrest in over a decade. Meanwhile, in Gaza, Palestinians continue to endure bombardment, starvation, and displacement while UK-licensed arms flow to Israel despite evidence they may be used in war crimes.

We document the timeline of horror in Gaza since late 2024, explore the High Court challenge to the prescription, and examine what happens when states label political dissent as terrorism. Whether you agree with the tactics of direct action or not, this episode raises profound questions about civil liberties, democracy, and our collective responsibility when governments become complicit in atrocities abroad.

What does it mean for all of us when breaking a window becomes terrorism, but breaking international law does not? Listen now to understand one of the most significant threats to protest rights in recent memory.

Warning: this episode contains mention of torture, rape, murder, famine and genocide. 

*This episode was recorded before the Filton 18 became the Filton 24*

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Guest: Professor Ben Saul

Producers & Editors: Charlotte Janes, Nicola Rivosecchi

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

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What happens when two young university students decide they can no longer stand by while weapons made in Britain fuel a genocide? For Fatema Zainab and Zoe, both just barely in their twenties, the answer led them to a prison cell where they've remained for nine months – with no trial in sight until November.

The "Filton 18" case represents an unprecedented application of counter-terrorism powers against political activists in the UK. After Palestine Action protesters entered Elbit Systems' facility near Bristol to dismantle military equipment bound for Israel, they found themselves held in solitary confinement, interrogated under terrorism legislation, and treated like high-security threats despite having no previous convictions.

In this powerful episode, we hear from Clare and Sukaina, mothers who never imagined they'd become advocates for political prisoners in their own country. They share the devastating realities their daughters face: the Islamophobic treatment Fatema endured when her headscarf was forcibly removed, the psychological impact of isolation on Zoe's autism, and the bewildering experience of being denied bail despite meeting all the usual criteria.

Beyond the personal toll, the case raises alarming questions about civil liberties in Britain. UN experts have condemned the treatment as "enforced disappearance," while a Guardian investigation revealed troubling connections between the prosecution and the Israeli embassy. As one mother puts it: "This isn't just about the Filton 18. This is a moment in history where everyone needs to pay attention to the erosion of our rights to protest."

Credits

Guests: Clare Rogers & Sukaina Rajwani

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media] 

Producer: Charlotte Janes

Reading from Fatema: https://www.threadings.io/youve-been-traumatized-into-hating/

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**this episode was recorded prior to the Filton 18 becoming the Filton 24**

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Today, we’re bringing you a powerful mini episode to celebrate the release of Issue 14 of The View Magazine, dropping July 31st.

The View is the only platform in the UK created by and for women in the justice system; women who are survivors of trauma, of state-endorsed violence, and who face the harshest effects of the climate crisis, incarceration, and systemic injustice.

In this episode, we sit down with the fearless editors and writers behind The View to talk about this issue’s themes, the stories that matter, and why now, more than ever, women’s voices must be heard, and believed.

You can purchase The View Magazine issue 14 here: https://theviewmag.org.uk/product/the-view-issue-14/

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