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If you want to know about why I stopped supporting the rape gang inquiry. Please read below. Femi deserves to be listen too. Her race or religion is irrelevant I stand with you @Femi_Mohammed1 🩵
Both you and Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry silenced me as a CSE survivor and victim of sexual assault and threats by a Conservative public figure. You are playing politics with the lives of the people of this country and survivors like myself. Shame on you both! Today I have published my story, not out of bravery but out of desperation so that public can see how Rupert Lowe’s Rape Inquiry and Ben Habib have silenced me as a survivor. x.com/femi_mohammed1/status/…
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B’H - 786  FEMI MOHAMMED - Why I Am Publishing My Story I have decided to publish my story not out of bravery but out of desperation because I no longer believe that remaining silent protects me. Instead, I believe silence places me at greater risk. As a Muslim survivor, I am conscious that many Muslim victims and survivors remain unheard. Too often, our experiences are overlooked, minimised, contained, or covered up, leaving survivors without a voice and preventing the full truth from being known. For many years, I have lived with the consequences of child sexual exploitation, grooming, trafficking, sexual violence, intimidation, and what I believe have been repeated failures while seeking justice. Throughout this time, I tried to work through the appropriate channels, placing my trust in individuals, organisations, and institutions that claimed they wanted to expose wrongdoing and support victims. Between August 2025 and January 2026, I was selected to participate in @RupertLowe10 ‘s Rape Gang Inquiry. I was advised not to disclose my Child Sexual Exploitation at the age of 17 where I was trafficked for 18 years. I shared details of my experiences and evidence relating to my recent cases involving a Conservative public figure. I was subsequently invited to attend the Inquiry hearings in February 2026, and my travel arrangements were made. However, shortly before the hearings, I was removed without explanation. I believe the decision to exclude me came from the highest level of the Inquiry. In May 2026, I also participated in two podcasts with @benhabib6. He encouraged me to speak openly about my experiences and he was provided with evidence that I had gathered over many years. After being assured that the second podcast would be released, it has not been published. As a result of these experiences, I believe that both MP Rupert Lowe's Rape Gang Inquiry and Ben Habib have contributed to the silencing of my voice as a survivor and have denied me the opportunity to have my story heard by the wider public. In my view, this has had the effect of shielding from public scrutiny the very institutions and authorities that they publicly claim should be held accountable. It is for this reason that I have chosen to tell my story myself. For me this is not about my story it is about a voice for Muslim women and girls. Anonymity does not help us when we have no representation, all it does is erase us from the equation. I hope I can be the one to open the door for women and girls like me, to hold it open until we are given an equal and fair voice, to expose what is happening to us, to be given the platforms to be heard, to seek justice, and to prevail. Below are my public statements addressing my experiences with @RupertLowe10 ‘s Rape Gang Inquiry and @benhabib6 I kindly urge everyone to read my full story thread below in pages 1 - 17 Thank you x.com/femi_mohammed1/status/…

B’H - 786 PUBLIC STATEMENT: Femi Mohammed – Speaking Out as a Muslim Participant of MP Rupert Lowe’s CrowdFunded Rape Gang Inquiry. PART 1 I am speaking out in the public interest, not only as a survivor myself, but for all women and girls of colour, Black and Muslim, whose voices have been systematically erased from the narrative of justice and accountability. I was encouraged to participate in Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry by Sammy Woodhouse, who was contacted by a family member regarding my cases. I submitted evidence starting in August 2025 and participated in stages 1 and 2 of the inquiry, signing consent forms for my inclusion. My communications took place via phone, messaging, email, video, and Teams meetings with Sammy Woodhouse, Nat Enderby, and Marlon West, during which I detailed my sexual assault, threats, and attacks on my life, and the corruption, collusion, and manipulation of my cases by institutional authorities who were supposed to protect me. After a call from Marlon West informing me that I had been allocated to give evidence at the hearings in London, a Teams meeting was held on the 7th January 2026 with Marlon West, Nat Enderby, and myself to discuss my victim statement, which I completed on the 8th January 2026. On the 23rd January 2026, Sammy Woodhouse personally messaged me to invite me to attend the inquiry hearings on the 4th February 2026, between 2–3 pm. I accepted the invitation on the 24th January 2026, and Sammy booked my train tickets, emailing them to me on the 26th January 2026. (Please see images for evidence) Within two days, everything changed, and I was removed from attending the hearings. On the 28th January 2026, I received a text message from Sammy Woodhouse asking me to call her; having spoken to her on numerous occasions, she did not seem her usual self and failed to provide a reason for my exclusion. Sammy Woodhouse is someone I had a lot of respect for, and it became apparent to me that the decision had come from someone at the top of the Inquiry. I felt betrayed and violated and was left in a state of shock, confusion, and despair. On the 29th January 2026, I received a generic email from Sammy Woodhouse stating that I would not be required to give evidence. The email was sent via Kerie, one of The Rape Gang Inquiry support advocates, rather than directly from Inquiry Lead Sammy Woodhouse herself. It offered no explanation for my removal post-selection. I responded directly to Sammy and Kerie, requesting clarification; Kerie replied that she would speak to Sammy and get back to me. The call from Kerie never came and I received no further communication from Sammy Woodhouse. On the 3rd February 2026, concerned about how my information would be used, I requested confirmation that my contributions and documents be permanently withdrawn from the inquiry records. (Please see images attached in Part 2, for evidence) My removal is not an isolated incident; it is part of a broader pattern of discrimination, racial profiling, and the silencing of women of colour, especially female Muslim victims, within the victim and survivor movement. Despite my efforts to bring these issues to light by reaching out to other survivors, I have faced a deliberate attempt to suppress my voice and experience. This reflects a disturbing trend where the narrative of sexual exploitation and violence is often confined to a narrow group of victims, driven by those who financially and publicly benefit from our trauma. In this system, it has become big business, where division is created and profit is made from the perpetual suffering of victims and survivors. CONTINUED IN PART 2 @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @ShabanaMahmood @KarlDenning @y_alibhai @AyoCaesar @faisalislam @TellMamaUK @ukhomeoffice #MuslimWomenMatter #UKMuslims #JusticeForSurvivors #NationalInquiry
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25 years ago, we lost a true Albion legend. 💙🤍 Ronnie Allen, forever a Baggie. 🫶
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I would encourage you to read what I have written and address me factually. Firstly, I am a female survivor and a Miss, not a Sir. While it is a parliamentary petition, it is Rupert Lowe who is attempting to frame it as a "Rape Gang Inquiry" debate, which it is not. Rupert would offer to chair it, to place himself at the forefront of the issue. As I mentioned in my statement, he had the opportunity to expose the institutions that have worked against rape gang victims and survivors, including the actions of a Conservative public figure in my own case. Yet his Rape Gang Inquiry chose to silence me. Therefore, your suspicions are not based on fact, but on wishful thinking.
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You Sir are ignoring reality and the facts. This rape gang debate is happening because of 260,000 people signed a parliamentary petition demanding it. Rupert offered to chair it. I suspect he will use parliamentary privilege to name names from his private rape gang enquiry.
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PART 1  On Thursday the 28th May 2026, @RupertLowe10 announced the Rape Gang Debate to be held at 16.30pm in Westminster Hall, tomorrow, Monday the 1st June 2026. This announcement was made during half-term, heading into the weekend, while urging the public to contact their MPs to attend. Most MPs may not see messages from their constituents until Monday. Leaving this to the last moment ignores the reality that Westminster Hall debates are held in the Grand Committee Room, which is physically designed to hold maybe 50 to 55 Members of Parliament (MPs) in a tight horseshoe layout. There is a small public gallery overlooking the room that safely accommodates only about 30 to 40 visitors. Why create the impression that MPs who may not be able to attend “can’t be bothered” about the issue, when in reality, strict room capacity, tight parliamentary formatting, and the rapid movement of MPs between conflicting duties heavily restrict large scale attendance.  So the question is, why did MP Rupert Lowe leave this so late to announce when he also stated that Parliament has “not given this cancer the attention it deserves” and claims his Rape Gang Inquiry is about justice for victims? MP Rupert Lowe calls this debate: “our rape gang inquiry debate,” Which it is not. The debate will be opened and led by Liberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone (representing Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) on behalf of the Petitions Committee in relation to the mandatory collection of data from offenders of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). Rupert Lowe may have a 3–5 minute slot to speak like other backbench MPs. It is therefore difficult to understand why the debate is being presented as “our rape gang inquiry debate” when it is a parliamentary debate led through the Petitions Committee. This risks creating the impression that the session is directly connected to, or controlled by, Rupert Lowe’s crowdfunded Rape Gang Inquiry. Rupert Lowe’s Restore Party accuses others of using rape gangs as a political weapon, yet Rupert Lowe is doing exactly that. It is cynical, shameless, and deeply hypocritical. CONTINUED IN PART 2
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B’H - 786  FEMI MOHAMMED’S PUBLIC STATEMENT AFTER BEN HABIB FAILS TO PUBLISH SECOND PODCAST PART 3 @Benhabib6 @Donna_Rachel_  @KemiBadenoch
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B’H - 786  FEMI MOHAMMED’S PUBLIC STATEMENT AFTER BEN HABIB FAILS TO PUBLISH SECOND PODCAST PART 2  Ben Habib’s actions have not reflected his words. There was never genuine concern, only sound bites to show that he had raised them. I have never encountered hate from the public in my statements as a survivor. However, after speaking about my experience with Ben Habib, I have met with the most vicious abuse from members of Advance UK, particularly from participants of the Advance UK SafeHer forum. I was once part of this forum but requested to leave after being bullied for sharing my experiences as a Muslim woman and having my information breached. I have attached my message to Dawn, who ran the forum at the time, dated 20th April 2026, in which I requested to be removed and explained my reasons for leaving. The hatred that Ben Habib foreshadowed in his messages, never came from the public they came from his own supporters, who attacked me simply for speaking up.  I have fulfilled every one of Ben Habib’s demands, yet he continues to hold the podcasts hostage, making it clear that my voice is at his mercy. Ben Habib, a public figure and British Pakistani man, was provided with evidence that a British Pakistani public figure had sexually assaulted and threatened me, a British Pakistani woman, and that there were other victims. Despite this, the second podcast, which he had indicated would shed light on this matter, has not been released. Ben Habib was provided with evidence of the cover-up in my cases involving the Police, CPS, Council, and MPs, yet by not releasing the second podcast he has chosen to protect those very institutions. I agreed to participate in the podcasts and even covered my own travel expenses to London because I believed in Ben Habib and trusted that he would use his platform to shed light on sexual abuse, trafficked girls of color, and the protection of victims. Ben Habib has my personal number, he could have called me or even reached out to me via X. I appealed to his better judgment and urged him to act with integrity, but it appears his intentions were never genuinely sincere. I had hoped that Ben Habib would do the right thing, but the anguish and distress he has caused me, by encouraging me to be publicly open about a CSE trafficking past in which I lost my sense of self as a child and as a woman, raising my hopes that my story would finally be heard, only to then leave me exposed by taking my voice away, has been devastating. Abuse and suffering have no colour, but time and time again women and girls of colour face being overlooked or dismissed. Our pain, like that of all victims, deserves fairness, respect, and recognition. Only when every voice is heard and valued equally can we truly hope to protect all women and children moving forward. Messages provided with the permission of Councillor Donna Rachel Edmunds have been added to this statement as this is an issue of public interest and to ensure clarity and transparency.  @Benhabib6 @Donna_Rachel_  @KemiBadenoch CONTINUED IN PART 3
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B’H - 786  FEMI MOHAMMED’S PUBLIC STATEMENT AFTER BEN HABIB FAILS TO PUBLISH SECOND PODCAST PART 1  On Sunday 10th May 2026, @Benhabib6 stated that on Wednesday 13th May 2026, he would release the second podcast filmed with Councillor Donna Rachel Edmund’s and myself as a special edition for his ‘Fearless’ podcast, in which I detail my CSE trafficking and the recent sexual assault and threats I suffered at the hands of a Pakistani ex-Conservative Councillor who has rejoined the Conservative Party this February 2026. Describing my story as “seismic”, Ben Habib further promised to take the matter up with Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party. On Monday 11th May 2026, I publicly requested that the second podcast be released and Donna also messaged Ben Habib on my behalf instructing him to do so.   He has failed to release the podcast.  There was never any question over the legitimacy of my abuse claims, Ben Habib was provided with the CPS documents of my attempts to take action against one of my traffickers and the CPS files of the recent sexual assault and threats against my life cases, involving a Pakistani ex-Conservative councillor. He was also informed of Jess Phillips’s involvement in both my recent cases with this individual, hence pursuing the second podcast.  Although he claimed concern for my safety, Ben Habib never discussed these matters with me himself. In his responses, he has mentioned, legal advice, safeguarding and therapy. These are crucial issues that can only be properly discussed with the person they directly affect. I was never part of, or privy to the conversations between Donna and Ben Habib. Despite her persistent attempts to encourage him to call me, even though he requested my number, Ben Habib never personally contacted me. Ben Habib also raised any therapy I have undertaken, but again, he never called to hear directly from me that, over a period of ten years, I received the most supportive therapy that has made me the grounded and well rounded person I am today. I am not naive, my life will never resemble that of a “normal” person. The most formative years of my life, from girl to woman were taken from me, yet I move forward with strength and make the most of life as I can. This is confirmed in messages with Ben Habib stating “She strikes me as very strong”. Fully aware of the seriousness of what I have endured and despite having access to the evidence, he wanted more input for himself, to increase his own prominence within the discussion. What should have remained focused on exposing abuse and, as he himself says, “put someone away” instead became overshadowed by personal politics and rivalry, particularly in relation to Rupert Lowe. Ben Habib praises Rupert Lowe in public but is very insecure over him. As the messages show, it all comes down to him wanting to get one up on Rupert Lowe, when he adds, “That would be a hell of a lot better than anything Lowe achieved.” His feelings and ambition to do better than Rupert Lowe were clear by his comments during the two times I engaged with Ben Habib, but it has been done at my expense, and now by not releasing the second podcast Ben Habib is silencing me. CONTINUED IN PART 2  @Benhabib6 @Donna_Rachel_  @KemiBadenoch
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Happy birthday to 'The King'. 👑 Jeff Astle, Albion legend. 💙🤍
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On this day in 2007 🗓 West Brom beat Wolves 3-2 in the Play-off semi-finals! 🤩👀

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Happy heavenly birthday to my lovely dad. He should have been 84 today. I saw this letter the other day which Dad wrote to the West Brom fans after his testimonial in 1974. It’s just a small example to show what an exceptional human being he was. I miss him every second of every day. Love you Dad x
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B’H - 786 PUBLIC STATEMENT BY SURVIVOR FEMI MOHAMMED, CALLING ON BEN HABIB TO RELEASE SECOND RECORDED “FEARLESS” PODCAST I am calling on @Benhabib6 to release the second podcast in its original, unedited form, as he has previously committed to doing. This request follows my attempts to have the first studio podcast released, which were rejected by Ben Habib. Donna Rachel has shared my mobile number with Ben Habib on multiple occasions, yet he has failed to make contact.  No meeting or discussion was ever held with Ben Habib and myself before, prior or after the podcasts, despite my repeated requests. Both podcasts were directed by him, and the only interaction I have had outside of that was a brief meeting over pizza before I left London.  Beyond publicly making this request, I have no means of reaching him. Transparency and integrity are paramount. Releasing the content in its entirety ensures that listeners receive the full, unaltered discussion as it was intended. @Benhabib6 @Donna_Rachel_ @KemiBadenoch
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STATEMENT FROM DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS, ADVANCE COUNCILLOR AND FOUNDER OF @Archive4Truth, CALLING ON @benhabib6 TO RELEASE AN EPISODE OF 'FEARLESS' RECENTLY RECORDED BY A CSE SURVIVOR. I confirm that I am currently supporting @Femi_Mohammed1, a survivor of historical child sex trafficking and presently a victim of sexual assault and threats made against her life. On the 29th April 2026 Femi and I travelled to London at the invitation of Ben Habib to take part in his Fearless podcast. I was invited as a former member of Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry panel and as founder of The Survivors, an organisation investigating child sex trafficking in the UK. Our mission is to provide survivors with a voice, agency, dignity and support. Femi was invited to speak about her experiences as a victim of sexual assault by an individual who, at the time, was a Conservative councillor, and as a participant in the Rape Gang Inquiry. Femi had been selected to give evidence at the hearings, only to be silenced without explanation at the last minute. She is also a survivor of child sex trafficking, having been sold and trafficked at the age of 17. Femi is a woman of colour, a demographic that remains woefully underrepresented in media discussions surrounding sexual abuse and exploitation. Femi and I both believed the recording went very well. The following day, however, I received a request from Ben Habib for proof of Femi’s experiences as a victim of sex trafficking over 30 years ago. I found this request astonishing because the offences occurred decades ago, and because I am unaware of any other survivor in the public sphere being asked to provide evidence of their abuse in this manner. Nonetheless, Femi provided official CPS evidence of her attempts to take action against one of her traffickers. This evidence was passed to Ben Habib. Ben Habib then requested that the podcast be re-recorded, and Femi agreed. We recorded a second version in her home on Monday 4th May 2026. During this recording, it became clear that Ben intended to use this for political gain. Ben stated that he intended to release the episode and also promised to send a copy to Kemi Badenoch. Having complied with every request made of her, twice, I felt confident that Femi would finally be heard. On Thursday 7th May, I was contacted by Ben’s personal assistant, who wanted to discuss the podcast. I felt that Femi should be included in that conversation and made it clear that any delays or obstacles in releasing the podcast after it had been recorded twice would constitute institutional abuse against her. Femi had no direct interaction with Ben or his assistant regarding the podcast, aside from attending the post-podcast meal in London, during which Ben complimented her on how articulate and composed she was after everything she had been through. I offered both Ben and his assistant the opportunity to speak directly with Femi, but they did not take up the offer.

 All arrangements for both Femi and myself to participate in the podcast were made directly with Ben Habib, who had consistently indicated that he wanted the podcast to go ahead. I first started working with grooming gang survivors in 2015, as a journalist on Breitbart London. During the last decade I have observed that abuse against survivors takes place in two phases:
 1. The sexual, physical, and emotional abuse inflicted by perpetrators, abuse that the public now increasingly recognises and understands. 2. The institutional abuse that follows, in which survivors are “managed” by systems that fail to care for them. Systems that remove children from their mothers “for their own good”; that label trauma responses as mental health disorders in order to sedate rather than treat; that silence victims on the grounds that they are supposedly too fragile to speak. These are systems that protect perpetrators by treating victims themselves as the problem. In my view, this is the system that was invoked in order to silence Femi. More recently, I have observed what I believe to be a third phase of abuse: 3. Institutions and individuals who publicly position themselves as advocates for survivors, yet ultimately exploit survivors for personal, political, or reputational gain. In my opinion, the Rape Gang Inquiry falls into this category. So, now, does Ben Habib’s 'Fearless'. Femi has requested that the original studio recording from the 27th April 2026 be released in full. I fully support that request. The recording was strong, sincere, and compelling. Femi told her story with dignity and courage, and it is a story that deserves to be heard. Ben, I urge you to do the right thing and release the podcast immediately.

 For Femi's statement on the matter, please see @Femi_Mohammed1
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B’H - 786 PUBLIC STATEMENT BY SURVIVOR FEMI MOHAMMED, CALLING ON BEN HABIB TO RELEASE RECORDED “FEARLESS” PODCAST PART 2 Only three days later, Ben Habib requested the podcast be re-recorded. Despite concerns, I agreed. Working within the NHS, I could not return to London due to work, so it was agreed a second podcast would be recorded online from my home using Donna’s laptop. This second recording took place on the 4th May 2026, during which Ben Habib stated he would personally contact Kemi Badenoch regarding my recent situation. On the 7th May 2026, Donna Rachel informed me that Ben Habib’s assistant had contacted her in relation to the podcast. She explained that Ben Habib had a strong desire for it to go ahead and that she had provided Ben Habib and his assistant my contact details for them to reach out to me directly.  I had no interaction with Ben Habib’s assistant. She attended the meal with Ben, Donna, and myself, during which she and Ben complimented me on how articulate and together I was after everything I had been through, and how I should consider entering politics. As the podcast has not been released and I have not heard from Ben or his assistant, once again, I feel I am being silenced to protect institutions and the system, despite being a victim with recent cases involving a public figure. I have spent decades trying to be heard and trying to seek justice through proper channels. Instead, I have repeatedly faced silence, obstruction, intimidation, and institutional protection of powerful individuals. I wanted to partake in these podcasts because I believed Ben Habib wanted the public to hear the truth about what victims continue to face even today. Withholding the release of the podcast has caused me significant distress and reinforced my belief that survivors are too often silenced when their experiences expose institutional complicity. I am speaking publicly because what is happening to me reflects the reality many women and girls, especially women of colour, face when reporting exploitation, abuse, trafficking, and sexual violence involving powerful individuals. We are all daughters of this country, and the colour of our skin, our religion, or our ethnic background should never determine how we are treated. Every one of our voices carries equal value. Our pain is not lesser, our humanity is not negotiable, and our right to justice must never be conditional, delayed, or ignored. When some victims are platformed whilst others are dismissed, unheard, or erased, equality becomes an empty promise. We cannot claim to stand for justice while allowing prejudice, discrimination, or indifference to decide whose suffering matters. Silence protects perpetrators. Speaking up protects lives. We must create a society where every woman and girl is defended and treated with the same dignity, compassion, and urgency, regardless of race, faith, or background. Until justice is equal for all of us, it is not truly justice at all. Ben Habib’s podcast is called ‘Fearless’. Being truly fearless is giving a voice to every victim standing for truth and justice; cowardice is silencing, concealing, or ignoring them. I, Femi Mohammed, am publicly calling on @benhabib6 to allow my voice to be treated with the same value and respect as anyone else seeking justice. I urge Ben Habib to make the studio recording from the 29th April 2026 available without delay, demonstrating a commitment to accountability and fairness. Transparency and open dialogue are vital in fostering informed discussion, and the release of this recording will allow the public to hear the conversation in full. @benhabib6 @_AdvanceUK @KemiBadenoch #JusticeForSurvivors #EndViolence
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