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We came to BBC MediaCity in Salford on 29th March 2025 to expose the truth. We came with our banners, our voices, and a message the BBC has ignored for far too long. We weren’t there for their approval, and we weren’t there to ask for their permission. We were there for accountability.

But what we got wasn’t dialogue, it wasn’t engagement, it was violence.

The BBC didn’t just ignore us—they attacked us.

Our protest banner, worth over £200, was damaged. Our speaker, which carried the voices of survivors and the rally calls of the oppressed, was taken. We were accused of criminal damage when all we were doing was demanding the truth—demanding justice.

And why? Because the BBC has blood on its hands.

This isn’t just about a broken banner pole. This is about an institution that has for decades turned a blind eye to abuse. From Jimmy Savile to Huw Edwards, the BBC has protected predators, shielded perpetrators, and silenced the victims. They’ve hidden behind their so-called impartiality, their polished image, while the truth languishes in the dark.

We came to stand up for the forgotten victims. We came to give them a voice. But the BBC’s response wasn’t to listen—it was to try and shut us down.

We were not just protesting. We were fighting for the lives of the silenced.

Our movement, led by Tom Blewitt and Zack Griffiths from Predator Awareness, has spent over six years exposing the lies, demanding answers, and calling out the BBC for its complicity. We are here for accountability, not approval. And we’ve had enough of being brushed aside by the establishment.

This isn’t just about the BBC’s past. This is also about the here and now. This is about Zack Griffiths and the HMP Prisons Justice Group—fighting for prisoners whose voices are silenced just like the victims the BBC ignores. This is about the countless survivors whose stories have been buried by powerful people who would rather maintain their influence than see justice done.

The BBC has played a role in systematically silencing victims for far too long. From the very beginning, they’ve been protecting their own interests while refusing to take responsibility for the damage they’ve caused. The attack on us? It’s just another chapter in their long history of gaslighting and protecting the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable.

But here’s the thing: we won’t back down. The BBC can attack our banner, take our speaker, and call us criminals, but the truth will always rise. We are not here for their permission. We are here for accountability.

We’ve seen it time and time again—how institutions like the BBC will try to sweep the truth under the rug, how they’ll use power to silence those who dare speak out. But we are done being silenced. We are done letting them hide behind their corporate shield.

We are not leaving until justice is done.

The fight for truth, for justice, is not just a protest—it’s a movement. A movement led by survivors, by those who have been silenced for too long, by those who will no longer allow this system to keep its grip on the truth. We’ve seen what they’re capable of. Now they’re seeing what we’re capable of.

Our work isn’t finished. This is only the beginning. And to those who think they can silence us, to those who think they can continue to protect the predators, we say this: We’re just getting started.

We are Predator Awareness and HMP Prisons Justice Group—and we will not be silenced.

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