{"id":7818,"date":"2021-12-20T13:24:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=7818"},"modified":"2024-01-15T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:59:34","slug":"harry-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller","title":{"rendered":"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#8217;s Win for Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Former police officer Harry Miller wins legal victory after police investigated his &#8220;thinking&#8221; for sending a Tweet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Court of Appeal rules police recording of &#8220;non-crime hate incidents&#8221; on national database to be &#8220;unlawful&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">LONDON<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\"> (20 December 2021) \u2013 The following statement may be attributed to Ryan Christopher, Director of ADF UK:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>&#8220;ADF UK warmly welcomes the landmark ruling from the Court of Appeal that today upheld Harry Miller\u2019s right to free speech. We were delighted to have supported this case, because nobody should be subjected to having a \u201cnon-crime hate incident\u201d recorded on their record simply for expressing their opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Harry was visited by police officers who purported to \u201ccheck his thinking\u201d and subsequently recorded him as having committed a \u201cnon-crime hate incident\u201d, simply for tweeting a joke. Such police practices have a chilling effect on free speech in society that inhibits free and fair dialogue. The Court has recognised that recording of non-crime hate incidents violate Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects freedom of expression for all people.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that this case will represent a turning point for free speech in the UK. Here in Britain and across Europe, we are committed to supporting the free expression of all people. Later this month, Finish MP P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen will face criminal trial for her own tweet \u2013 that of a Bible verse. We hope that her case will follow in the footsteps of Harry to fortify the value of free speech and open dialogue in a democratic society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former police officer Harry Miller wins legal victory after police investigated his &#8220;thinking&#8221; for sending a tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":23549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[25,898],"class_list":["post-7818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-speech","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>Press Statement: Harry Miller&#039;s Win for Free Speech - ADF International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#039;s Win for Free Speech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former police officer Harry Miller wins legal victory after police investigated his &quot;thinking&quot; for sending a tweet.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ADF International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/adfinternational\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-20T13:24:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-15T12:59:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philipp Bues\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#039;s Win for Free Speech\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Former police officer Harry Miller wins legal victory after police investigated his &quot;thinking&quot; for sending a tweet.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@adfintl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@adfintl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philipp Bues\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Philipp Bues\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/6b776fc8535453c6aad8a6f9d78e6141\"},\"headline\":\"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#8217;s Win for Free Speech\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-20T13:24:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-15T12:59:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"free speech\",\"UK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\",\"name\":\"Press Statement: Harry Miller's Win for Free Speech - ADF International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-20T13:24:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-15T12:59:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":885},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#8217;s Win for Free Speech\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/\",\"name\":\"ADF International\",\"description\":\"Protecting Fundamental Freedoms. Promoting Inherent Dignity.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Alliance Defending Freedom International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ADF_Intl_R_RGB_175px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ADF_Intl_R_RGB_175px.png\",\"width\":175,\"height\":106,\"caption\":\"Alliance Defending Freedom International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/adfinternational\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/adfintl\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/adfinternational\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adfinternational\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/6b776fc8535453c6aad8a6f9d78e6141\",\"name\":\"Philipp Bues\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Philipp-Bues-Headshot-150x150.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Philipp-Bues-Headshot-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Philipp-Bues-Headshot-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Philipp Bues\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/author\/pbuesadfinternational-org\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Press Statement: Harry Miller's Win for Free Speech - ADF International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Press Statement: Harry Miller's Win for Free Speech","og_description":"Former police officer Harry Miller wins legal victory after police investigated his \"thinking\" for sending a tweet.","og_url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller","og_site_name":"ADF International","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/adfinternational","article_published_time":"2021-12-20T13:24:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-15T12:59:34+00:00","author":"Philipp Bues","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Press Statement: Harry Miller's Win for Free Speech","twitter_description":"Former police officer Harry Miller wins legal victory after police investigated his \"thinking\" for sending a tweet.","twitter_creator":"@adfintl","twitter_site":"@adfintl","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philipp Bues","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller"},"author":{"name":"Philipp Bues","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/6b776fc8535453c6aad8a6f9d78e6141"},"headline":"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#8217;s Win for Free Speech","datePublished":"2021-12-20T13:24:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-15T12:59:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller"},"wordCount":262,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg","keywords":["free speech","UK"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller","url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller","name":"Press Statement: Harry Miller's Win for Free Speech - ADF International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-20T13:24:26+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-15T12:59:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bigstock-Alanya-Turkey-January.jpg","width":1920,"height":885},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/harry-miller#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Press Statement: Harry Miller&#8217;s Win for Free Speech"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/","name":"ADF International","description":"Protecting Fundamental Freedoms. Promoting Inherent Dignity.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#organization","name":"Alliance Defending Freedom International","url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ADF_Intl_R_RGB_175px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ADF_Intl_R_RGB_175px.png","width":175,"height":106,"caption":"Alliance Defending Freedom International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/adfinternational","https:\/\/x.com\/adfintl","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/adfinternational","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adfinternational\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/#\/schema\/person\/6b776fc8535453c6aad8a6f9d78e6141","name":"Philipp Bues","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Philipp-Bues-Headshot-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Philipp-Bues-Headshot-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Philipp-Bues-Headshot-150x150.jpg","caption":"Philipp Bues"},"url":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/author\/pbuesadfinternational-org"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}