⟡ SWANK Archive Dispatch ⟡
“A Lawyer Asked the Questions They Were Too Ashamed to Answer.”
Filed: 25 August 2020
Reference: SWANK/TCI/JAMESLAW-2020
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I. The Letter Was Legal. Their Silence Was Not.
This was not a complaint.
This was not a protest.
This was a formal legal demand from James Law Chambers, issued by counsel Lara Maroof, and addressed to Social Development, Turks and Caicos Islands.
It outlines — with composure and forensic clarity — the following:
Children subjected to forced genital examinations
No cause. No consent. No documentation.
Multiple unlawful home visits, including during COVID-19 lockdown
The destruction of trust and health across three years of state intrusion
And the government’s refusal to even disclose their justification
The only thing more disturbing than the events was the department’s reaction:
None.
II. What This Document Confirms
That legal professionals reviewed the case and found cause for alarm
That international human rights and safeguarding law were clearly breached
That the pattern had already been recognised — and still no one intervened
“We are instructed to demand disclosure,” the letter says.
What they got was evasion.
What we now have — is record.
III. SWANK’s Position
When a state body:
Forces unlawful examinations on children
Ignores documented trauma
And dodges legal questions from formal counsel
…it is no longer a service.
It is a threat — cloaked in procedural stationery.
SWANK does not litigate.
We publish.
So the public can see what lawyers already knew:
This wasn’t safeguarding.
It was systemic violence under pastel headers.
Let the record show:
The letter was sent.
The questions were clear.
The children were harmed.
The agency did not respond.
And SWANK — published all of it.
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