{"id":23730,"date":"2024-01-17T15:56:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=23730"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:00:45","slug":"trial-postponed-again-adam-smith-connor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/new-footage-thought-police","title":{"rendered":"NEW FOOTAGE shows officers \u201cthought-policing\u201d in Birmingham; government consultation on censorial \u201cbuffer zones\u201d ends midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23730\" class=\"elementor elementor-23730\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-429e0dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"429e0dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a48d177\" data-id=\"3a48d177\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e91634f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e91634f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>\u201cAre you praying for the lives of unborn children?\u201d asks officer in footage of recent street interrogation<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Draft government guidance would prevent arrests based purely on silent thought near abortion facilities; Home Office welcomes public feedback until 11.59pm this evening<\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/buffer-zones-consultation\"><strong>ADF UK\u2019s guide to responding to the consultation available here<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>BIRMINGHAM (22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0January 2024)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 New footage obtained by ADF UK shows an officer grilling charitable volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce as to the nature of her silent thoughts in an abortion facility \u201cbuffer zone\u201d.<\/p><p>An officer employed by West Midlands Police probed Vaughan-Spruce as to if she was \u201c<em>praying for the lives of unborn children.<\/em>\u201d Vaughan-Spruce explained that she was \u201c<em>just simply thinking, silently in my head<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p>Vaughan-Spruce, who has engaged in charitable support for new mothers and women in crisis pregnancies for over twenty years, prays regularly, in silence, on the public street nearby an abortion facility. In September 2022, local authorities\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/24121\/robert_clinic_station_road_b30\">installed the \u201cbuffer zone,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which forbids any expression of \u201capproval or disapproval\u201d of abortion, and prohibits making offers of charitable support to women. Since the enforcement of the censorship zone, Vaughan-Spruce has limited her activity within the zone to silent prayer.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edf97c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5edf97c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/0vt4sIxRBeo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_0vt4sIxRBeo_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. 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Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2e8a0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2e8a0e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb9efee\" data-id=\"eb9efee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e10a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64e10a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vaughan-Spruce has been arrested twice on the basis of her silent thoughts and was fully vindicated last March when Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court returned a not guilty verdict. Free speech advocates have raised concerns regarding the human rights violations that \u201cbuffer zones\u201d engender, including going so far as to prohibit consensual conversation between adults, in addition to silent prayer \u2013 in contravention of human rights law.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>I\u2019ve been arrested twice and fully vindicated by a court verdict\u00a0<\/em><em>that upheld my freedom of thought, and yet even still, officers continue to interrogate me for the simple act of thinking prayerful thoughts on a public street. This isn\u2019t 1984, but 2023. No matter one\u2019s beliefs on abortion, nobody should be punished merely for the prayers they hold inside their head.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Ahead of the new \u2018buffer zones\u2019 law being implemented, there is an urgent need for clarity as to everybody\u2019s right to freedom of thought, as is protected in international human rights law. The Home Office\u2019s draft guidance at least affirms that nobody should be criminalised on the basis of their thoughts alone. This is obvious common-sense protection for basic rights that must be upheld,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said Isabel Vaughan-Spruce<em>.<\/em><\/p><p>ADF UK, who supported the legal defence of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and others criminalised for their thoughts within \u201cbuffer zones,\u201d have published a guide to responding to the consultation in favour of freedom of thought,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/buffer-zones-consultation\">available here.<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Home Office welcoming feedback on \u201cbuffer zones\u201d guidance<\/strong><\/p><p>The UK parliament voted to roll out censorial \u201cbuffer zones\u201d around abortion facilities across the country as part of the Public Order Act adopted in 2023. The national zones would prohibit \u201cinfluencing\u201d within 150m of abortion facilities. This new threshold for criminality has raised concerns about the ambiguity of what kind of activity may count as \u201cinfluence\u201d \u2013 including consensual conversation or silent prayer within the zone.<\/p><p>The Home Office has issued\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/abortion-clinic-safe-access-zones-non-statutory-guidance\">draft non-statutory guidance<\/a>\u00a0for police and prosecutors regarding \u201cbuffer zones,\u201d which clarifies that nobody should be arrested on the basis of their thoughts alone \u2013 as required by international human rights law.<\/p><p>Free speech advocates have welcomed this clarification in the guidance, which could prevent more citizens from being arrested solely on the basis of their silent thoughts. Yet, some activists have called for the guidance to be edited to include even harsher censorship restrictions.<\/p><p><em>\u201cIsabel is one of several individuals who has faced arrest, fines, and\/or interrogations as to their thoughts inside a \u2018buffer zone,\u2019 which spans across several public streets. The UK must abide by its human rights obligations, under which nobody should be criminalised for their thoughts. It\u2019s vital that we maintain this most basic standard of a liberal democracy. Once we allow for thought to be policed on one issue area, the precedent has been set for these abuses to proliferate.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Nobody should ever face harassment or aggression outside an abortion facility. But the law must protect the rights of those who are there to peacefully live out their convictions through offers of help or even silent prayer. It\u2019s imperative that members of the public who are committed to maintaining the preservation of a free society \u00a0in the U.K. take the opportunity to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/buffer-zones-consultation\">respond to the public consultation today,<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, the organisation which supported Vaughan-Spruce\u2019s legal defence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bb527 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"54bb527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca39511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"ca39511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;1:1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jeremiah_Igunnubole_img_55_400x400px.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ca39511\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Jeremiah_Igunnubole\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMxNTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZGZpbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMVwvMDVcL0plcmVtaWFoX0lndW5udWJvbGVfaW1nXzU1XzQwMHg0MDBweC5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJjYTM5NTExIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Jeremiah_Igunnubole_img_55_400x400px.png\" data-width=\"400\" data-height=\"400\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAre you praying for the lives of unborn children?\u201d asks officer in footage of recent street interrogation<br \/>\nDraft government guidance would prevent arrests based purely on silent thought near abortion facilities; Home Office welcomes public feedback until 11.59pm this evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":23376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[944,898],"class_list":["post-23730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-isabel-en-gb","tag-uk-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NEW FOOTAGE shows officers \u201cthought-policing\u201d in Birmingham; government consultation on censorial \u201cbuffer zones\u201d ends midnight - ADF International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Are you praying&quot;? 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