INTERNATIONAL FALSELY ACCUSED DAY – 2024
In 2024, IFAD events were held in 12 countries around the world: Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Lithuania, South Africa, Spain, United States, and Uruguay. The activities included statements by political figures, rallies, marches, news reports, press releases, editorials, videos, social media messages, and more:
International:
- Press releases:
- DAVIA:
- False Allegations Have Become a Cancer Around the World https://endtodv.org/pr/false-allegations-have-become-a-cancer-around-the-world/
- False Allegations: New Feminist Tactic to ‘Topple the Patriarchy’? https://endtodv.org/pr/false-allegations-new-feminist-tactic-to-topple-the-patriarchy/
- International Council for Men and Boys: False Allegations are a Global Threat to Justice and to Real Victims: https://dads4kids.org.au/false-allegations-global-threat/
- DAVIA:
- Twitter: https://mobile.x.com/IFAD9S
Argentina:
- In support of IFAD, Vice President Victoria Villarruel issued this statement:
- International Falsely Accused Day is “a day that serves to reflect on the damage that radical feminism did in our society. In our country, it is estimated that 7% of the complaints are false, without consequences for lying, breaking the principle of equality before the law, of innocence and defense, destroying the ties of thousands of families, and mainly many parents who can’t see their children. A justice inclined to the ideologies that continue to destroy our country cannot continue to be an option, let us no longer be witnesses of injustice and remain complicit in the degradation of Argentine families.” https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/victoria-villarruel-critico-al-feminismo-radical-en-el-dia-mundial-de-las-falsas-denuncias-nid09092024/
- Rallies organized by the Front of Argentinian Women in 15 locations: https://twitter.com/AndreGuacci/status/1831998679156228339
- BUENOS AIRES CABA CASA ROSADA 15:00: Circle of Women for the Dictatorship of Gender
- MENDOZA CAPITAL LEGISLATURA 15:00
- SANTA FE CAPITAL TRIBUNALES 10:00
- CORDOBA CASA DE GOBIERNO 10:00
- CORDOBA ESCALINATA PATIO OLMOS 17:00
- SAN LUIS PLAZA PRINGLES 17:00
- TUCUMAN PLAZA URQUIZA 10:00
- MISIONES JARDÍN AMERICA PLAZA COLÓN 17:00
- SAN JUAN CATEDRAL MENDOZA Y VALLE 8:30
- SANTA CRUZ RIO TURBIO PODER JUDICIAL 10:00
- LA RIOJA TRIBUNALES DE JUST PZA 25de Mayo 11:00
- NEUQUEN TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR DE JUSTICIA ALBERDI 52. 9:00
- NEUQUEN CONVERSATORIO SOBRE FALSAS DENUNCIAS “Auditorio de DDHH” Carlos H Rodríguez 90 1er Pido
- SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO PLAZA SAN MARTÍN 19:00
- CORRIENTES PASO DE LOS LIBRES JUZGADO DE YATAY Y MADARIAGA
- Twitter post that called out false accusers by name: https://twitter.com/AndreGuacci/status/1833103508062502988
Australia:
- Conference on Restoring the Presumption of Innocence, held in Sydney on August 31:
- Noted that the “current high rates of false allegations are making it difficult for genuine victims to be heard.” https://www.presumptionofinnocence.au/
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXca2vjnr5M&t=132s
- Commentary: https://bettinaarndt.substack.com/p/momentous-conference
- DAVIA Press release: https://endtodv.org/pr/presumption-of-innocence-event-reveals-how-feminism-has-become-a-global-threat-to-democracy/
Bermuda:
- Social Media campaign: https://www.facebook.com/people/ChildWatch-Bermuda/pfbid0gM9awccgh36hrRpJd9h44z9aDsvhyWvGv7fpBaDKuJnMro7SnSsz3tk1otbhjH2ol/
- Distribution of press release to lawmakers on The Victim is Always Female
Canada:
- Janice Fiamengo article on false allegations: “The Victims is Always Female:” https://fiamengofile.substack.com/p/the-victim-is-always-female
England:
- Member of Parliament David Davis posted two Twitter messages about wrongful convictions:
- “Today, I asked @Heidi_Labour whether, in light of failings such as the case of Andrew Malkinson, the government would increase the resources and improve the regulations, guidelines and organisation of the @ccrcupdate to stop innocent people being wrongly incarcerated.” https://twitter.com/DavidDavisMP/status/1833517179293110418
- “While I appreciate the Minister’s response, this issue is greater than one individual. The issues with the Criminal Cases Review Commission are institutional failings which must be addressed to stop innocent people spending years of their lives wrongly imprisoned.” https://twitter.com/DavidDavisMP/status/1833517181482709041
- Demonstrations in London and Liverpool:
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- Detailed reports are available:
- London: https://www.saveservices.org/2024/09/falsely-accused-day-2024-report-from-the-tower-of-london/
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-iphwKW8J0
- Statement by wrongfully convicted man, Brian Buckle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EIZ_ffqdJjg
- Liverpool and London: https://www.saveservices.org/2024/09/international-falsely-accused-day-report-from-england/
- London: https://www.saveservices.org/2024/09/falsely-accused-day-2024-report-from-the-tower-of-london/
- Detailed reports are available:
- Demanded that courts make evidence mandatory in all cases.
- Twitter campaigns:
- Falsely Accused Network UK: https://falselyaccusedday.org/index.php/2024/08/15/international-falsely-accused-day-2024/
- Falsely Accused Support Organization: https://mobile.x.com/AccusedOrg
- Fighting for the Falsely Accused: https://twitter.com/jowheel16434078
- Article: International falsely Accused day and swimming with sharks
- Artists Against the False Allegations Industry: https://mobile.x.com/AAFAI_org
- Julie Healy: https://mobile.x.com/juliehealy67
India:
- Social Media postings highlighting the fact that 90% of wrongful convictions are the result of false allegations:
- All Bengal Men’s Forum: https://twitter.com/ABMF_TRUST/status/1833181087545041171
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVWSdbVuNWY
Ireland:
- Social Media postings: https://twitter.com/mensvoices_irl
Lithuania:
- Social Media posts: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/uhCoMNd77GzHvfAY/
South Africa:
- Social Media posts: https://twitter.com/DogsontheRunDoc/status/1832474119415230724
Spain:
- Public statement by former national Deputy Carla Toscano: “False allegations exist. But they are not accounted for. The government is not giving us the true numbers. The institutions, the political parties, the mass media deny their existence….This is a state of denial. The results are men with their lives destroyed, men whose right of honor is harmed, children of living fathers who are turned into orphans, and broken families…It could happen to you.” https://mobile.x.com/Asoc__Anavid/status/1831979748303724729
- ANAVID launched an online campaign titled, “Not one more victim, or fewer rights” for the accused. The video invited persons around the world to join the movement to end false allegations by issuing their own video.
- Numerous persons joined the campaign and issued their own short videos: https://twitter.com/Asoc__Anavid/status/1833161817411014730
- Media coverage of “In Spain, There are More than 60,000 False Allegations of Gender Violence Each Year:”
- Impacto España, Salvador: https://impactoespananoticias.com/contenido/25546/en-espana-se-presentan-mas-de-60000-denuncias-falsas-por-violencia-de-genero-al-#google_vignette
- Espiritu Templario News: https://twitter.com/NonNobis10/status/1833975764196491748/photo/1
- Adelante España: https://adelanteespana.com/en-espana-se-presentan-mas-de-60-000-denuncias-falsas-por-violencia-de-genero-al-ano-y-el-99-99-quedan-impunes
United States:
- California: A rally was organized by Advocates for the Falsely Accused in Sacramento, California at the State Capitol Rose Garden: https://www.theaffa.org/blank-3.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_c6VwW1dM .
- Social Media postings: https://twitter.com/Stop__The__Lies
- Speakers:
- Obie Anthony, Founder, Exonerated Nation
- Dawn Dural, Co-Founder & Vice President of Advocates for the Falsely Accused (AFFA)
- Brian Kelmar, Co-Founder, Decriminalize Developmental Disabilities
- Juliann Andrews, Secretary, Advocates for the Falsely Accused (AFFA)
- Lara Gularte, El Dorado County Poet Laureate Emeritus
- Eric Scott, Advocates for the Falsely Accused (AFFA)
- Leo Bennet-Cauchon, Falsely Accused
- Dawn Wolfson, President, Advocates for the Falsely Accused (AFFA)
- Mark Sutton
- New York: Ulysses Slaughter gave a virtual presentation about “Confronting and Defeating False Allegations of Abuse.” Slaughter discussed his current lawsuit against his ex-wife Pauline B. Thompson, and her false allegations of abuse that led to the eviction from his home in Media, PA. on August 4, 2021.
- New York: A lawsuit alleging “hostile environment sexual harassment” was filed against Hofstra University on behalf of a student who was falsely accused of rape. https://twitter.com/TitleIXforAll/status/1832483320610865631
- Shrink4Men: “Why Are Narcissists and Borderlines Like Amber Heard Such Convincing Liars? Understanding False Abuse Allegations.” https://shrink4men.com/2024/09/09/why-are-narcissists-and-borderlines-like-amber-heard-such-convincing-liars-understanding-false-abuse-allegations/
- Social Media postings:
- Gender Studies for Men: https://twitter.com/JohnDavisJDLLM
- Foundation for Parental Rights for Veteran Fathers: https://twitter.com/VetFather_Bill/status/1833135403076866320 and https://twitter.com/search?q=international%20falsely%20accused%20day&src=typed_query&f=live
- The Boys Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/kfh1YvGRpTL6buXC/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Uruguay:
- Held rally at the Plaza de la Bandera in Montevideo
- Social Media posts: