{"id":21105,"date":"2022-11-25T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=9237"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:23:28","slug":"bournemouth-prayer-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/bournemouth-prayer-ban","title":{"rendered":"Council \u201ccommunity safety\u201d officers confront women praying in Bournemouth, even outside of abortion \u201ccensorship zone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Livia Tossici-Bolt was urged by officers to \u201cmove on\u201d after praying OUTSIDE a local \u201ccensorship zone\u201d which prohibits prayer within 150m of abortion facilities <\/span><\/b><b> <\/b><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\">A<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\">uthorities clamp down on prayer a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\">head of legislative proposals to prohibit \u201cinf<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\">luencing\u201d and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\">\u201cexpressing opinion\u201d <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166184113 BCX0\">near abortion facilities nationwide; parliamentarians warn of &#8220;slippery slope&#8221; of censorship<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BOURNEMOUTH<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (24 November 2022) &#8211; Local woman Livia Tossici-Bolt was praying quietly with a friend in a public space when she was warned by local authorities that their prayer could cause \u201cintimidation, harassment or distress\u201d, and was asked to move away.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With support from ADF UK, Tossici-Bolt has subsequently filed a complaint against the authorities for breaching her freedom to pray on a public street.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEveryone has the freedom to pray quietly in a public place. I would never dream of doing something that causes intimidation and harassment. We complied with the new rules instituted by the council and didn\u2019t pray within the censorship zone. Yet nevertheless, these prayer-patrol officers tried to intimidate us out of exercising our freedom of thought and of expression \u2013 in the form of prayer -which has been a foundational part of our society for generations,\u201d commented Livia Tosici-Bolt.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The warning came as parliamentarians raised concerns in Westminster this week that instituting censorship zones around abortion facilities across the country (in clause 9 of the Public Order Bill) could create a \u201cslippery slope\u201d of increasing censorship in UK legislation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIf we pass Clause 9, why will other institutions not demand buffer zones around their special case facilities? If we consider that in Clause 9 a buffer zone is defined very broadly as \u201c150 metres from \u2026 any access point to any building or site that contains an abortion clinic\u201d, does that not make protests of all sorts at hospitals potentially unlawful? What if you wanted to organise a vigil outside a hospital in which, for example, babies died due to negligence, such as in the maternity services scandal recently? What about a rally against the use of puberty blockers on teenagers? Would that be banned too?\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADF_UK\/status\/1595112921436389376\/video\/1\">Baronness Claire Fox of Buckley in an address to the House of Lords on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Penalties for Praying<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tossici-Bolt was with a friend when she was approached and asked to move by two \u201cCommunity Safety Accredited Officers\u201d, employed by the local council to patrol a demarcated area of approximately 150m circumference outside of an abortion facility to detect activities including praying, crossing oneself, or offering support.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The officers complained that the women were praying close to the edge of the so-called \u201ccensorship zone\u201d. They said that they were concerned that their silent prayer would amount to \u201cintimidation and harassment\u201d to staff possibly passing by. The officer also noted concerns about the women\u2019s proximity to a local school. \u201cThe children may ask questions,\u201d noted the officer. Tosici-Bolt responded that there \u201cis nothing wrong with asking questions.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe principle of so-called \u201cbuffer zones\u201d erodes the basic tenets of democracy \u2013 that is, in this country, we are allowed to hold different views and beliefs,&#8221; commented Lois McLatchie, communications officer for ADF UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;We stand firmly against harassment of women. Police forces and local authorities already have a wealth of legislation to prevent and penalise harassment of women in any circumstance, let alone near an abortion facility. New \u201dcensorship zones\u201d go far further than is just or necessary \u2013 clamping down on civil liberties that allow volunteers to offer genuine help, or even just to pray, in a public space,\u201d McLatchie continued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Five local councils that have implemented such \u201cbuffer zones\u201d have prohibited prayer, and during legal proceedings, Ealing Council admitted that this included a ban on even silent prayer. Free speech campaigners such as Baroness Claire Fox have raised concerns that this amounts to a \u201cthoughtcrime\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn the case of Livia, we see clearly that once you prohibit the expression of a minority viewpoint in one public area, there is no logical stopping point. Livia and her friend were pressured by the authorities for praying on a public street that was not even within the so-called \u2018buffer zone\u2019. What\u2019s now to prevent an embassy applying for a buffer zone to end the \u2018distressing\u2019 protest of dissidents, or town halls to decide to ban, for example, the rallies of gender-critical feminists in their vicinity, and go on to enforce these bans even beyond the already-vague limits of the law?\u201d, said Jeremiah Igunnubole, Legal Counsel for ADF UK.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pressure builds against censorial \u201cbuffer zones\u201d policies<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The complaint against such \u201cprayer patrols\u201d comes as parliament debates a national roll-out of \u201cbuffer zones\u201d as seen in Bournemouth. Clause 9 of the Public Order Bill, currently under debate in Westminster, prohibits not only \u201charassment\u201d outside of abortion facilities but \u201cinforming\u201d, \u201cadvising\u201d, \u201cinfluencing\u201d, \u201cpersuading\u201d and even \u201cexpressing an opinion\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The censorial provisions drew substantive criticism from members of the House of Lords, including Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Beith, who deemed the clause \u201cthe most profound restriction on free speech I have ever seen in any UK legislation.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lord Frost equally noted that, \u201cI don\u2019t think it can be right for this Parliament to make it illegal for example to \u2018seek to influence\u2019&#8230;\u2018persistently occupy\u2019&#8230;or \u2018inform or attempt to inform\u2019 &#8230;And that is true whether it is in the vicinity of an abortion clinic or anywhere else\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Former Police Ombudsman Baroness O\u2019Loan was also highly critical of the buffer zone clause in the Bill, saying, \u201cA blanket ban around abortion clinics my Lords would be disproportionate, it would be a denial of the right to the freedom of expression, it is unnecessary and it could even be harmful.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Clause has caused great controversy following<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/questions-statements.parliament.uk\/written-statements\/detail\/2022-10-24\/hlws333\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> a statement released<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State shortly after MPs voted to include it, admitting that the clause \u201ccould not be said to be compliant\u201d with rights protected in the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Livia Tossici-Bolt was urged by officers to \u201cmove on\u201d after praying OUTSIDE a local \u201ccensorship zone\u201d which prohibits prayer within 150m of abortion facilities Authorities clamp down on prayer ahead of legislative proposals to prohibit \u201cinfluencing\u201d and \u201cexpressing opinion\u201d near abortion facilities nationwide; 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