{"id":68518,"date":"2025-01-28T09:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=68518"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:11:31","slug":"woman-arrested-for-silent-prayer-responds-to-home-office-dismissal-of-two-tier-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/silent-prayer-two-tier-policing","title":{"rendered":"Woman arrested for silent prayer responds to Home Office dismissal of &#8220;two-tier policing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"68518\" class=\"elementor elementor-68518\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59cc894a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59cc894a\" 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-5b08c0cb\" data-id=\"5b08c0cb\" 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-1309082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1309082\" 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><li><strong>Home Office&#8217;s comments &#8220;<i>run contrary to the lived experience of countless everyday British people&#8221;,\u00a0<\/i>says Isabel Vaughan-Spruce<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>A Dorset retiree will similarly face trial in March for holding a sign reading &#8220;here to talk, if you want&#8221; in abortion &#8220;buffer zone&#8221;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\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-68e8b5f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68e8b5f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-1024x597.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-43781\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-1024x597.webp 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-768x448.webp 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-1536x896.webp 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Isabel-Vaughan-Spruce-arrest-1-2048x1195.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-4477aa25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4477aa25\" 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><strong>LONDON (28th January 2025) &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>A leaked Home Office counter-extremism dossier says that \u201c<i>claims of \u2018two-tier\u2019 policing,\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">where two groups are allegedly treated differently after similar behaviour<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">\u201d are a \u201c<i>right-wing extremist narrative<\/i>\u201d, according to <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2025\/01\/27\/home-office-non-crime-hate-incidents-pearson\/\">The Telegraph<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\"> today.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">The dismissal of &#8220;<i>two-tier policing<\/i>&#8221; comes after mounting concern amongst Christians that police have cracked down to heavily on peaceful thought and expression, rather than focusing on violent crime.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">On 6th March, a Dorset retiree will become the fourth individual to face trial under &#8220;buffer zones&#8221; regulations, for holding a sign near an abortion facility reading &#8220;here to talk, if you want.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/consensual-conversation-on-trial\">Read more.<\/a><\/span><\/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-47ed6a91 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"47ed6a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThe priorities of the Home Office <\/span>seem to have been turned on their head.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, arrested and tried for praying silently in her head<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-920f339 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"920f339\" 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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2170ab8e\" data-id=\"2170ab8e\" 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 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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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523c928 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"523c928\" 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><span class=\"TextRun SCXW84905048 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84905048 BCX0\">Vaughan-Spruce was\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84905048 BCX0\">arrested on two separate occasions for praying peacefully in her mind, leading to one court trial at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court (at which she was fully acquitted), and one lengthy police investigation. With support from ADF UK, Isabel\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW84905048 BCX0\">recieved<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84905048 BCX0\">\u00a0an apology and a settlement from West Midlands Police<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW84905048 BCX0\">\u00a0following her ordeal.<\/span><\/span><\/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-1c318da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c318da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The Home Office's dismissal...runs contrary to the lived experience of countless British people\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a81f922 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a81f922\" 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><span class=\"TextRun SCXW61186413 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61186413 BCX0\">Responding to the comments found within the leaked Home Office dossier, Vaughan-Spruce <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61186413 BCX0\">stated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW61186413 BCX0\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW61186413 BCX0\" style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe Home Office\u2019s abrasive and outright dismissal of widespread concerns about \u201ctwo-tier policing\u201d runs contrary to the experience of countless everyday British people.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>I have been arrested multiple times, faced an intrusive police investigation, and dragged into court &#8211; simply for standing silently on a public street nearby an abortion clinic, praying, imperceptibly, in the privacy of my mind. Meanwhile, how many true criminals roam the streets, unchecked? How many of the perpetrators of the grooming gangs were left unaccountable for their violent and despicable actions towards children?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The priorities of the Home Office seem to have been turned on their head. They must acknowledge their misstep here before entirely losing the confidence&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;public.\u201d<\/i><\/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-3db5e025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3db5e025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The Home Office must direct resources to where they're needed most\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35997075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35997075\" 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>Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, who supported the defense of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and others prosecuted for their thoughts and peaceful speech, said:<\/p><p><i>\u201cOver the last 3 years, we\u2019ve supported several individuals in court who have been prosecuted simply for praying, or offering help, near abortion facilities.<\/i><\/p><p><i>In the wider public square, we\u2019ve also given our support to innocent people like Dia Moodley, a preacher from Bristol, who was arrested and put in cells simply for comparing Islam to Christianity in response to a question.<\/i><\/p><p><i>While the Home Office has committed significant time and resources to cracking down on the expression &#8211; or even contemplation of &#8211; Christian beliefs, the crime rate statistics prove that they have not directed police resources to where it\u2019s\u00a0needed\u00a0most.\u201d<\/i><\/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-3dc92fac elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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