Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has demanded an apology from the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) over a 2023 ruling that required a correction to her comments about grooming gangs.
Speaking to GB News presenter Martin Daubney, Braverman said she would be writing to Ipso requesting they retract their decision, which found her claim that UK child grooming gangs were made up of "almost all British-Pakistani men" was misleading.
"I'd like an apology. I don't want an apology for me. I want an apology for the victims," Braverman said.
The Conservative MP insisted Ipso's ruling was "erroneous" and said she would cite findings from Baroness Casey that "unequivocally say that the 2020 Home Office report was wrong and misleading, and should never have been relied upon by Ipso".
Braverman said she would be writing to Ipso requesting they retract their decision
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She said: "Ipso made, what I have always considered to be, an erroneous decision back in 2023 so it's very difficult to challenge it now. I'd like an apology.
"I don't want an apology for me. I want an apology for the victims. Because, as I say, this is symbolic of the experience that they've endured: being cancelled, being dismissed, being ignored.
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"I will be writing to Ipso and I will be pointing out the findings of Baroness Casey, which unequivocally say that the 2020 Home Office report was wrong and misleading, and should never have been relied upon by Ipso or by the litany of journalists who have invoked it as an attack.
"I will be asking them to retract their ruling."
Braverman launched a scathing attack on what she called "well-meaning liberals" and mainstream media outlets for attempting to "cancel" her when she raised concerns about race in relation to grooming gangs.
She told The People's Channel: "When I spoke about it I received a barrage of attacks and vilification from the establishment from well-meaning liberals, from Sky News and the mainstream media, from The Guardian and I think about 50 charities wrote in to complain."
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The former Home Secretary claimed organisations including Ipso "attempted to cancel me" and "attempted to shut down the debate because I wanted to talk about race, and I wanted to talk about the injustice on behalf of the victims".
She argued that victims had been "branded as far right" and "blocked at every avenue because of institutional cowardice".
Braverman revealed she had visited grooming gang victims approximately two years ago alongside then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who "took an interest in this subject as well".
She said they established a task force to "galvanise the operational response, to accelerate some of the investigations, to try and get a grip on this issue".
Braverman defended others who have faced criticism for speaking out about grooming gangs, including Baroness Casey who "has come in for a lot of criticism over the years" despite working on the issue for over a decade.
She highlighted how former Labour MP Ann Cryer "was vilified by her own Labour Party members" for raising concerns.
The former Home Secretary also praised journalists who have attempted to highlight the issue, naming "Charlie Peters of GB News, the whole GB News team" and "Andrew Norfolk of The Times".
"All of these people who have tried to raise the alarm over the years have been shot down," Braverman said.
She added: The truth is not racist. And those of us who have been speaking the truth have to keep doing so."
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