The Shadow Docket: When State Influence Closes the Courtroom Doors

A case study in the systemic denial of access to justice and the targeting of family life.

The Invisible Wall

In the United Kingdom, the “Right to a Fair Trial” under Article 6 of the Human Rights Act is often presented as an absolute guarantee. However, my current experience as a litigant in person reveals a different reality: One where state actors can effectively build an invisible wall between a citizen and the judiciary.

For months, I have attempted to bring a claim against the police, including other powerful individuals and entities, for egregious misconduct. Instead of a fair hearing, I have encountered a coordinated campaign of obstruction.

Systematic Obstruction of Justice

The barriers to justice are not just financial; they are procedural and structural:

  • The Vanishing File: On multiple occasions, I have filed urgent applications for injunctions to stop illegal surveillance, secret filming, sexual abuse via voyeurism, cybersex trafficking, misuse of private information, harassment and intimidation. Each time, the documents have “disappeared” from the court’s administrative record before reaching a judge.
  • Blocked Counsel: Despite the severity and complexity of the case, my attempts to secure independent legal representation have been systematically thwarted, leaving me to face state-funded legal teams alone—a direct violation of the “Equality of Arms” principle.

Beyond the Courtroom: Targeting the Family

The most disturbing aspect of this case is the shift from legal obstruction to domestic interference. I have reason to believe that state-led “honey trap” operations have been deployed to target my daughter.

This tactic—using intimate human relationships as a tool for surveillance and control—is a gross violation of Article 8 ECHR (Right to Private and Family Life). It suggests that when the state cannot defeat a claim in the courtroom, it targets the claimant’s family to force silence.

Why This Matters to You

This is not a private dispute; it is a matter of profound public interest. If the state is permitted to monitor a citizen’s private life, target their family, and “lose” their court documents with impunity, then the rule of law is merely a suggestion.

I am calling for international oversight and investigative transparency. Justice must not only be done; it must be seen to be done in the open air, not in the shadows of administrative “errors.” 

Read about the Human Rights Act 1998 here.

And the Civil Procedure Rules here.

If public officials or authorities breach one of these rights and rules, they are breaking the law.

Film director
Buppha Witt, actress, writer and filmmaker, based in London.

Swift Retaliation After Raising Concerns About my Daughter, Illegal Surveillance and MI5

Yesterday, I published a blog post talking about witness intimidation, illegal surveillance, cybersex trafficking, the obstruction of justice, evidence tampering, the severe violations of my Human Rights, particularly Article 3 (prohibition from torture, inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 8 (right to privacy) under the ECHR, and more.

I also raised serious concerns about the possibility that the state-actor defendants may have also subjected my adult daughter to the same sexual abuse and exploitation via hidden cameras and cybersex trade. I subsequently shared a link to my blog post on X. See below.

The same day, I also posted on X about MI5 and MI6 regarding illegal surveillance that violates Article 8.

Later, my X account has suspiciously been restricted after talking a lot about Keir Starmer and my daughter. Because I reasonably believe he has ordered the hidden cameras and audio recording devices to be illegally installed in her accommodation as well, to sexually abuse and exploit her – just like what they do to her mother (Me). I also believe he’s directly behind or complicit in the sexpionage operation as well. So, if you click on the links of my X posts, you may see nothing.

I also posted about the unlawful blocking of my access to lawyers and compared my case to Epstein’s case as the British version of it. My case is more of a cybersex trade. But it does also involve powerful men and entities, money laundering, large-scale corruption and a sex trafficking ring. Just like his case in the US.

Today, I posted about MI5 and MI6 again.

Then, at approximately 2 pm onwards today, I observed multiple threatening lines and symbols in the sky drawn by the aircraft right outside my window and near my residence.

Some of them looked like “target-like” , “X” or even “No.10” symbols as usual. Because this happens almost every time I raise serious concerns about my daughter and the blocking of my access to legal representation or just talking about Keir Starmer and his alleged involvement in this.

Organised Harassment Is Public Lynching

For the past several years, I truly believe I have been living a normal life. Just like everyone else. But in reality, I have been subjected to what I can only describe as obsessive and intrusive surveillance.

After finding out that I have been secretly and sexually exploiting via hidden cameras for more than a decade late last year, 2024, and trying to legally stop it, the severe harassment campaign against me started!

The campaign of excessive surveillance and covert harassment against me has now reached an industrial scale where I can’t go anywhere without being harassed, sexually harassed, stalked, and sometimes even intimidated. It’s like public lynching, which is a form of unlawful retaliation and victimisation.

As a 54-year-old South East Asian woman living alone, I have become an easy target for tactics that exploit vulnerability and isolation. This may constitute race, age and gender abuse / discrimination, amounting to violence against women and a possible hate crime as well. This campaign of intimidation, covert harassment and intrusive surveillance has left me fearful, anxious, and exhausted, yet determined to share my story to raise awareness and advocate for justice.

Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark.

The systematic and illegal surveillance includes the non-consensual installation of hidden cameras in my private residences, and even in shared rooms and bathrooms at every hostel I have stayed at both in the UK and Denmark, the live broadcasting of my intimate life, and the widespread distribution of these images to pornographic sites, individuals I know, social media sites, tech platforms, and God knows where else they have distributed / live streamed to! They have also engaged in constant cyberstalking, racial and sexual harassment, and intimidation tactics, including displaying imitation firearms when I sought legal counsel.

Many human rights experts have described as covert surveillance and organised harassment. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has even documented these techniques: stalking, sound campaigns, conditioning, gaslighting, sleep deprivation, and targeted disinformation to discredit victims. Every tactic they list matches my experience — in detail and intent.

I am constantly monitored through covert means. Each movement in my home seems mirrored by external signals — footsteps, doors closing, whistling, loud conversations, or vehicles driving past my window at precisely timed moments. People appear wearing coordinated colours — navy blue, army green, burgundy, red, and orange, for instance — that have been repeatedly used in this harassment campaign as psychological triggers.

Their actions go far beyond illegal voyeuristic surveillance. The hidden cameras installed in all my accommodations, both past and present, are used not only to record me for distribution purposes but also to excessively monitor me in real time, 24/7. This allows them to coordinate harassment strategies with precision.

For example, when I step into the kitchen, I frequently observe individuals emerging outside almost simultaneously, visible through the small gap of the window. The timing is so exact that it cannot be coincidental; it reflects an immediate response to my private movements. This demonstrates that individuals are being stationed in nearby “holding areas” ready to be deployed at any moment, proving that the surveillance is actively used to harass and intimidate me.

Furthermore, these individuals often wear or carry items in specific colour ranges, as I said earlier, consistently associated with the harassment campaign against me. The repetition of these symbolic colours makes clear that their presence is not accidental but a deliberate sign intended to remind me that I am being constantly watched.

They use conditioning techniques—repeated visible cues such as people coughing, repeated use of specific clothing colours, and people walking past my window at precisely the moments I move—to sensitise and intimidate me and to make me self-police. These tactics, described by OHCHR as recognised harassment techniques, correspond with covert, real-time surveillance of my movements. It’s psychological torture by making me feel uncomfortable around the clock, knowing I am being constantly watched.

To reclaim a sense of agency and to gather irrefutable evidence of the external activities associated with this surveillance, I am exploring the installation of external recording devices. This is a necessary measure to document the ongoing nature of these crimes and to support my pursuit of justice against those responsible for this egregious human rights violation.

The fear of being recorded has affected my daily routines, including basic self-care. I have avoided showering for days, fearing that intimate footage may be captured and distributed without my consent. The strain on my health, hygiene, and emotional well-being is profound. It’s pure torture when I can’t even take a shower.

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Psychological and Emotional Impact

The tactics used in this harassment campaign mirror those documented by human-rights organizations: conditioning, sleep deprivation, gaslighting, sound campaigns, and repeated hints of being constantly watched to make the victims feel uncomfortable around the clock. These practices are designed to instill fear, self-doubt, and paranoia, ultimately isolating the victim from support networks and normal life. The emotional toll is immense. Feeling constantly watched, and knowing my private life could be misused, has caused severe distress.

A Call to Action

No one should live in fear in their own home. Harassment and invasion of privacy can happen to anyone, but marginalised or isolated individuals are particularly at risk.

So, I want to seek justice, aim to prevent others from suffering similar abuse, and expose systemic corruption. We can create a safer environment for everyone by talking openly about these issues. It is important to support victims. We should thus advocate for stronger protections to guarantee justice.

Please share this post to as many people as you can, including the hashtags: #JusticeForBuppha #HumanRightsAbusesInTheUK

Thank You!