"The facts": Thousands of rapes, true. The press did report it, from 2011, but even then the state did nothing because they said it was just the "right-wing" press stirring up the race issue. All these cases are open to public scrutiny exactly like every other UK trial.
I'm pretty sure you can be jailed for contempt of court within an hour anywhere with an English-style legal system, including the US (though the details of what constitutes such contempt do differ). All such courts have very strong powers to protect themselves first.
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The secrecy provisions are not unique to contempt proceedings. AFAICT I can be v& in secret as soon as I step off at Heathrow for words I've got on the internet.
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Find some evidence for that and I promise I'll help you publicise it.
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Finally, please don't think I'm trying to claim everything here is rosy. This child abuse did happen on an unimaginable scale, and it was kept quiet because people "didn't want to appear racist" and "didn't want to encourage extremism".
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But when the police have arrested people and prosecuted them, that's not a cover-up. That's what should be happening! I want to know if there are others still being covered up or not investigated properly, and this is damaging that cause.
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