{"id":74375,"date":"2025-06-06T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=74375"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:34:34","slug":"police-arrest-adf-international-team-member-and-billboard-chris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/police-arrest-adf-international-team-member-and-billboard-chris","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest ADF International team member and Canadian child protection advocate Billboard Chris for their signs, while ignoring violent counter-protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"74375\" class=\"elementor elementor-74375\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59e76384 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59e76384\" 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-d187e07\" data-id=\"d187e07\" 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-35f14660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35f14660\" 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>Belgian police arrest Lois McLatchie Miller and Chris Elston, for peacefully displaying a sign that read: \u201cChildren are never born in the wrong body\u201d<\/li><li>Miller (from Scotland) &amp; Elston (from Canada) were present in the EU capital to discuss the dangers of puberty blockers with Members of the European Parliament<\/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-4c618593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c618593\" 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=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lois-and-chris-surrounded-1024x573.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74438\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lois-and-chris-surrounded-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lois-and-chris-surrounded-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lois-and-chris-surrounded-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lois-and-chris-surrounded.png 1053w\" 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-7ff235b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ff235b2\" 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>BRUSSELS<\/strong> (6 June 2025) \u2013 Yesterday in Brussels, Belgian police <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillboardChris\/status\/1930662267852366029\">arrested<\/a> Lois McLatchie Miller, a Senior Legal Communications Officer with ADF International, for peacefully displaying a sign that read: \u201cChildren are never born in the wrong body.\u201d She was detained alongside Canadian child protection advocate Chris Elston (@BillboardChris) while surrounded by an angry mob.<\/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-c3f1799 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"c3f1799\" 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 Belgian authorities not only failed to uphold the fundamental right to speak freely, <\/span> they turned the power of the state against those who were peacefully exercising their rights at the behest of a mob.\"<\/span>\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\">- Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International<\/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-6b51bf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6b51bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We just got out of jail in Brussels. What a day! <br><br>Huge thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoisMcLatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LoisMcLatch<\/a> who handled all the craziness with perfection. She\u2019s incredibly brave and put up with a lot of harassment, which is why we called police in the first place.<br><br>4 police vans and about 14 police showed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkq2GJoa4c\">pic.twitter.com\/bkq2GJoa4c<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Billboard Chris \ud83c\udf0e (@BillboardChris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillboardChris\/status\/1930740639194362201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77846b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77846b6\" 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>Despite the pair\u2019s peaceful conduct, police chose to arrest Lois McLatchie Miller and <a href=\"\/cases\/billboard-chris\">Billboard Chris<\/a> rather than address the aggression of the crowd that had encircled them. Officers arrested Billboard Chris and McLatchie Miller and transported them to two police stations. At the station they were ordered to remove their clothes and searched.<\/p><p>They were ultimately released without charge after several hours but police said the signs were going to be destroyed despite neither being charged or convicted of any crime.<\/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-1479e1d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1479e1d0\" 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>Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, said:<\/p><p>\u00ab<i>The Belgian authorities not only failed to uphold the fundamental right to speak freely, they turned the power of the state against those who were peacefully exercising their rights at the behest of a mob.<\/i><\/p><p><i>\u00abThis is the type of authoritarianism we challenge in other parts of the world, and it\u2019s deeply disturbing to see it here in the very heart of Europe. While we are grateful our colleague has been safely released, we are deeply concerned by her treatment at the hands of the police in Brussels.\u00bb<\/i><\/p><p>Today\u2019s events come just a year after a Brussels mayor attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/free-speech-prevails-for-nat-con\">shut down the National Conservatism Conference<\/a>, citing ideological disagreement with the speakers. ADF International intervened then with emergency legal action that forced the restoration of the event. As a legal organisation, ADF International is now assessing all legal options to uphold free speech rights in Belgium.<\/p><p><i>\u201cWe will not stand by while peaceful citizens are criminalised for speaking out on vital issues &#8211; especially when it\u2019s the safety and wellbeing of children at stake,<\/i>\u201d Coleman added.<\/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-8e2c289 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-button\" data-id=\"8e2c289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;turn_to_popup_action_button&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"raven-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"raven-button raven-button-widget-normal-effect-none  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