Media Release
Libel - Michelle Stanistreet, DGS, National Union of Journalists
Arlene McCarthy, Member European Parliament (MEP) started inquiries (26 Jan 10) into alleged criminal activity associated with extensive violations of European Convention on Human Rights by National Union of Journalists officials. McCarthy headed the list of Labour Party candidates in the 2009 European elections. Initially, she will raise issues directly with International Federation of Journalists and the National Union of Journalists, then review them.
Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ Deputy General Secretary threatened to block dissemination of member information which described staff crimes by using illegal censorship and prior restraint: an international crime in itself. By her threat to censor email messages and her demand that all communication should pass through her, Stanistreet contravened international freedom of speech protocols, international Internet denial-of-service laws, NUJ member rules, and European Convention on Human Rights.
In an attempt to derogate members who allege criminal activity, Stanistreet obtained a leaked copy of a private communication (15 Jan 10) addressed to NUJ staffers Gayle Baldwin, Sharon Gilbert, and Audrey Witter. Stanistreet made unsubstantiated accusations of threats and intimidation, then internationally distributed malicious libel against the complainant and NUJ member.
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Stanistreet does not possess law credentials, must not insinuate herself into private legal issues, and cannot legally act in behalf of NUJ staff in an attempt to quash criminal complaints. By that, she has allegedly made herself an accessory after the fact to criminal activity.
A scurrilous letter disseminated internationally by Stanistreet interfered with legal process. She published and widely disseminated libel without first challenging the content of the message that the author wrote privately to staffers to give them an opportunity to prepare a defense or to mitigate damage. Her preposterous statements certainly open the door to police action which the author intends to file under a variety of rules and regulations dealing with harassment, fraud, agism, censorship, and human rights. [Stanistreet Libel]
NUJ General Secretary, Jeremy Dear and Stanistreet (elected 2008 with minimal experience and the use of a slanted balloting system) parroted libelous language prepared by Roy M Mincoff, NUJ In-house Solicitor. Dear, repeatedly ignored legitimate requests for public information.
For a decade, in a consort with Mincoff, Dear has withheld documents by falsely citing Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). To support Dear’s contentions, Mincoff dictates directives and legal briefs without any substantiation of facts or citation of rules by posing as NUJ Legal Officer. Solicitors Regulation Authority presently has him under investigation for repeated professional misconduct.
John Toner, National Freelance Organiser variously declared when questioned about member services: "NUJ is a campaigning organisation not setup to support individual members. . . . [NUJ] is a lobbying and campaigning body - it does not appoint lawyers to represent individuals". By those statements, Toner contradicted offers made to new members about NUJ services and legal representation.
NUJ anarchy and apathy has resulted in an out-of-control, extreme left cabal of executive officers with a total disregard for rules and law. Current practices allow subliterate people to occupy important positions then impose a leftist dogma to the detriment of a majority of members.
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Professor Paul Trummel <trummel@contracabal.eu>
National Union of Journalists, London (NUJ #025057)
International Federation of Journalists, Brussels (IFJ #GB 8953)
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