Our thanks to Bryn for this. An extract:

A mother banned from every hospital in the UK after posing as a medical professional twice has avoided being sent to jail.

Sarah Caine, 30, was charged with impersonating a doctor and stealing medical equipment, but said in court she was ‘terrified of going to prison’.

Caine admitted the charges put to her, but smiled when she was let off with a £440 fine.

Another long day is drawing to a close, and I note that the appeal for Steve Brule, an important Canadian videographer, to attend the London conference, is marching steadily towards its $3,000 target. $1,355 has been raised so far. I urge you to donate what you can afford towards the appeal. Thank you for your support.

Our thanks to Stuart for this. Priceless. An extract:

A GMP spokesman later said: “At 4.19pm, GMP received a call from a female reporting a suspicious male in his 50s wearing Lycra cycling shorts with what she thought was an erection at the tram stop in Piccadilly.”

It shouldn’t be allowed.

Our thanks to Jeff for this. I ask again, what is the point in the police arresting women for crimes, when the courts won’t punish them for their crimes?

Our thanks to Ian for this. Key extracts:

A man who must give police 24 hours’ notice before he has sex after he was cleared of rape has said the ruling “puts an end to your life”.

The man, in his 40s, was acquitted last year at a retrial.

He has been charged with breaching the terms of the order by refusing to give police the pin to his phone.

He accused North Yorkshire Police, which declined to comment, of “sour grapes” in applying for a sexual risk order after the case.

The order requires him to disclose any planned sexual activity to the police or face up to five years in prison…

Sexual risk orders were introduced in England and Wales last year and can be applied to any individual who the police believe poses a risk of sexual harm – even if they have never been convicted of a crime. [my emphasis]

They are civil orders imposed by magistrates at the request of police.

The man, who said the complainant had consented to sex, was cleared of rape after being held on remand for 14 months…

Speaking after an adjourned hearing at York Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, he said the order had devastated his personal life and “contravened his human rights”.

“I had more freedom in prison,” he said. “I’m in a state of shock, I cannot believe this is how the justice system works.”

He said there was “no prospect” of a relationship at the moment.

He said: “Can you imagine, 24 hours before sex? Come on.

He gave the example of chatting to a woman and saying: “There’s a nice French restaurant I’d like to take you to, but first the police are just going to come around for a little chat.”

“Knock, knock, knock, this is the police, (Mr X) is subject to a sexual risk order and is considered to be potentially dangerous… then they leave.”

The order was extended in January for four months by York magistrates after it was initially imposed in December in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

It declares the man “must disclose the details of any female including her name, address and date of birth… at least 24 hours prior to any sexual activity taking place”.

It also contains restrictions on his use of the internet and mobile phones and requires him to inform officers of any change of address.

In preparation for Tim Hammond’s conference presentation of findings from the Global Survey of Circumcision Harm, he has strongly urged conference attendees to first watch his documentary Whose Body, Whose Rights? Anyone who has wondered why MGM is such an important campaigning issue for J4MB and AVfM will find some of the answers in the documentary.

According to Hammond:

There is an astounding amount of myth and misunderstanding about this complex social, medical and religious issue, whether you come from a circumcising or a non-circumcising society. It would be immensely helpful to attendees to come to the conference with a basic understanding of the unique anatomy and important functions of the male foreskin, as well as the anti-sexual history and scope of male genital cutting customs.

The acclaimed documentary explores the history of male genital cutting (both in the West and in Judaism), debunks historical and contemporary medical claims, gives a voice to men harmed by the custom, and introduces viewers to the concept of foreskin restoration. It also sheds light on the legal and human rights questions, explores common ground with female genital cutting, and reveals what’s being done to protect vulnerable children from this anachronistic practice.

Hammond asserts that this background knowledge will enrich the experience of conference attendees as he presents his survey findings about long-term adverse physical, sexual, psychological and self-esteem consequences of infant male circumcision upon the health and wellbeing of boys and the men they become.

The documentary is available in two parts on YouTube. The first part, which automatically leads into Part 2, can be accessed here. The total documentary duration is 55:16.

Steve Brule is a talented videographer, and the producer of the groundbreaking Fiamengo File series. He’d surely be a significant contributor to the visual record of the conference, and his appeal for funding (video, 3:05) is here. The funding website is here, and $740 has already been raised towards the $3,000 target. We’ve provisionally set aside a ticket for Steve, in the hope and expectation the target will be met.

Please give generously, to help bring Steve to London. Thank you.

Brother K is a highly respected American intactivist, who has been campaigning against MGM for 30+ years. AVfM have just posted this (video, 3:58). A number of well-informed sources tell me that most American intactivists are women – many of them are Jewish – and the gender divide is evident among the intactivists at the protest in this video.

Our thanks to Stuart for some good news – here. However, we can be confident that the only reason the CPS have dropped the charges – a rare move, in the case of men alleged of sexual offences against women – is that the chance of conviction was close to zero, and there would have been demands for the (married) female QC to be charged with making a false allegation. In the meantime the (married) man’s details have been all over the mainstream media, while you’ll have to do a Google search to discover the alleged identity of the woman who cynically threw him under a bus to save her career. She will enjoy anonymity for life. In a fair world, her identity would be revealed by the mainstream media.

The list of highly regarded journalists who will be attending the conference continues to grow.

I’m pleased to report – with his permission – that Marco Visscher, a Dutch freelance writer and editor, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, will be carrying out some interviews during the conference.

He writes for leading weeklies in both the Netherlands and Belgium (such as Vrij Nederland, Knack and Humo) and for the weekend supplement of one of the leading newspapers, Trouw. A page on his website (in English) about himself is here. In his online archive, you’ll see that already this year, he’s had interviews published with both Christina Hoff Sommers and Camille Paglia. Click on a tab near the top of the page for a translation in English.

Marco has been commissioned by Knack magazine to write a feature article about the conference, and the men’s rights movement in general.