{"id":69211,"date":"2025-02-10T13:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=69211"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:28:40","slug":"police-target-charitable-volunteer-again-for-standing-silently-in-public-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/police-target-mere-presence-buffer-zone","title":{"rendered":"Police target charitable volunteer AGAIN for standing silently in public area"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69211\" class=\"elementor elementor-69211\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a0e24e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a0e24e4\" 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-407a91a2\" data-id=\"407a91a2\" 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-1102e80c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1102e80c\" 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>NEW FOOTAGE shows West Midlands Police officer ask Isabel Vaughan-Spruce to leave public area, citing concerns that her \u201cmere presence\u201d would cause \u201cdistress\u201d<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Confrontation comes despite police force having paid out \u00a313,000 for two prior wrongful arrests over her silent prayers<\/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-384bf32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"384bf32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&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=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Isabel-25-clip-FINAL-Made-with-Clipchamp-2.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\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-947b62f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"947b62f\" 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>BIRMINGHAM (10 February 2025) &#8211; <\/strong>New footage obtained by ADF UK shows a West Midlands Police officer demand charitable volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce to leave a public area because of what she is known to believe \u2013 despite her simply standing alone, praying silently, without undertaking any actions.<\/p><p>The footage shows the police officer explain that he believes Isabel\u2019s \u201cmere presence\u201d may constitute \u201charassment, alarm and distress\u201d, given that she is known to have pro-life beliefs and belong to a pro-life organisation. He thus concluded that she was breaching the rules of the \u201cbuffer zone\u201d &#8211; an area within 150m of an abortion facility.\u00a0<\/p><p>However, the buffer zone legislation does not single out individuals to ban from the area for their beliefs, but rather prohibits behaviours amounting to \u201cintimidation\u201d, \u201charassment\u201d, or \u201cinfluencing a person\u2019s decision to access\u201d an abortion facility.<\/p><p>With support from ADF UK, Vaughan-Spruce has written to police to ask for clarification that a person\u2019s mere presence does not amount to a criminal offence.<\/p><p>The incident took place despite West Midlands Police previously issuing an apology and a payout of \u00a313,000 for breaching Vaughan-Spruce&#8217;s human rights on two prior occasions where they arrested her for praying silently in the same \u201cbuffer zone\u201d.<\/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-35a84839 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"35a84839\" 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\">\"[The officer] believes that just because I hold pro-life beliefs, I am automatically a criminal in certain public areas.<\/span>This isn\u2019t right.\u201d \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<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca9a758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca9a758\" 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, who has been a crisis pregnancy volunteer for two decades and has prayed nearby the abortion facility on a weekly basis throughout that time, was tried for breaching a buffer zone by praying silently in her mind at Birmingham Magistrates Court in February 2023, and was found innocent.<\/p><p>CPS Guidance from October 2024 stipulates that silent prayer is \u201cnot necessarily\u201d a crime in an abortion \u201cbuffer zone\u201d. The guidance further states that any actions must be \u201covert\u201d to meet the threshold of criminality.<\/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-abfb3a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abfb3a1\" 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>Commenting on the exchange, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce said:<\/strong><\/p><p><em>\u201cIt has been made clear time and time again through the verdict of Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court, through the concession and payout from the police, through the words of the former Home Secretary and through CPS Guidance \u2013\u00a0 you cannot break the law by simply existing in a buffer zone, holding thoughts and beliefs in your mind.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cEvery person has a right to stand in a public space and think what they want. The police officer told me that my \u201cmere presence\u201d was offensive \u2013 that&#8217;s nothing short of viewpoint discrimination. He believes that just because I hold pro-life beliefs, I am automatically a criminal in certain public areas. This isn\u2019t right.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><strong>ADF UK legal counsel Jeremiah Igunnubole said:<\/strong><\/p><p>&#8220;<em>Nobody should be criminalised for publicly holding lawful views or associating with any lawful cause. The idea that the state can interrogate citizens and instruct them to leave certain public areas based on their pro-life beliefs and associations is profoundly chilling and concrete evidence, if ever we needed more, of viewpoint-based two-tier policing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>&#8220;If Isabel can be treated this way then what does this mean for all Christians holding to biblical truths? This isn\u2019t 1984; it\u2019s 2025 \u2013 police must respect the fundamental rights of freedom of speech, thought and association.&#8221;<\/em><\/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-48de64c3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"48de64c3\" 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-1a15d05d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a15d05d\" 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>Images for free use 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