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Free speech victory: Judge dismisses charges against Scottish grandmother arrested for offering consensual conversation in ‘buffer zone’
Sheriff Stuart Reid delivered ruling at hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday morning, dismissing charges against Rose Docherty, 75 ADF International coordinated Mrs Docherty’s legal defence Christian grandmother arrested last September for holding a sign…
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Glasgow Grandmother in court for offering chat in “buffer zone”
Christian grandmother Rose Docherty was arrested and criminally charged for holding a sign reading “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want” within 200m of a Glasgow hospital Prosecution back down on “disproportionate” bail conditions; two charges relate…
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FRIDAY: Glasgow Grandmother to appear in court for offering to talk in “buffer zone”
Christian grandmother Rose Docherty was arrested and criminally charged for holding a sign reading “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want” within 200m of a Glasgow hospital “The arrest of Rose Docherty is another egregious example of the tyrannical…
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Scottish politician seeks to criminalise “influencing” a person’s decision about assisted suicide
Scottish Green Party’s Patrick Harvie proposes a censored “buffer zone” around facilities where assisted suicides might take place, preventing family members or concerned individuals from changing a person’s mind Move echoes abortion “buffer zones” law enacted in Scotland last year, under which a grandmother…
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Grandmother arrested in Scottish abortion “buffer zone” reacts as parliamentarians push for extension of censored public space
Parliamentarian Gillian Mackay tells BBC she wants the government to consider extending Scottish “buffer zones”, despite already being the largest in the world Glasgow grandmother became first to be arrested under the new laws after…
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Criminality of prayer within a home “depends on who’s passing the window” claims author of the Scottish “buffer zones” law called out by JD Vance
Gillian Mackay MSP claims visible prayer by a window at home could be a crime if within 200m from an abortion facility, depending on who is “passing the window” Comments come weeks after Vance called…
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Amidst political chaos, Scottish government set to debate more censorial legislative proposals TODAY
24 hours following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister, the Scottish Parliament will debate a bill to censor speech near streets near abortion facilities – even from consensual conversation
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Edinburgh Council apologises for discriminating against Christian ministry
The City of Edinburgh Council has admitted that they were wrong to cancel a Christian event on the basis of the beliefs of the keynote speaker.
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Cancelling Christians
"Billy Graham wouldn’t be welcomed into Britain today…" Read Lizzie Throughton's article in The Critic UK.
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Let Us Worship: Churches rejoice as worship ban declared unlawful
The Scottish government's treatment of churches during the pandemic has been unlawful – so ruled Lord Braid in a judgment handed down today from Scotland's top civil court.
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