Barrister | International human rights lawyer | Director of Advocacy @ADFIntl | Advancing the right to live and speak the truth | Personal account
Apr 4 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
🧵This morning, a woman was convicted in Britain for holding a sign saying:
“Here to talk, if you want.”
Let that sink in. Here's how it happened: 👇 1/ Livia stood silently in public, in an area covered by a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO).
That PSPO bans “engaging in an act of...disapproval...[of] abortion… by any means”, including “prayer” and “counselling”.
Yes, really.
Dec 7, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🔴 When a case goes before a court, everyone hopes to win. But of course, not everyone does. When you don’t, what you should be able to expect is a fair hearing and an understandable – if not agreeable – decision. #FreeSpeech
Today, the @UKSupremeCourt handed down a decision that will be very difficult to understand for many.
