UK police suppress pro-Israel speech, pastor says, as jury acquits him for 16th time

How the UK Police Criminalised Christian Speech

Forget terror plots, knife crime, or rampant theft, Britain’s police have bigger things to worry about—Christian street preachers. Shaun O’Sullivan, a 36-year-old preacher at the evangelical Awaken church in Swindon, was acquitted unanimously by a jury last week at Crown Court. He faced charges of racial and religious harassment against Muslims for saying the words: “Pray for the Jews and pray for the Palestinians.” This culminated in a six-day …

UK police suppress pro-Israel speech, pastor says, as jury acquits him for 16th time

UK pastor Shaun O'Sullivan acquitted after hate crime charge, says police suppress pro-Jewish speech and expression.

Preacher acquitted after ‘hate claim’ for saying 'we love the Jews'

Christian street preacher Shaun O’Sullivan has been cleared by a jury at Swindon Crown Court after a trial that raised serious questions about freedom of speech and the policing of so-called “hate claims.” Mr O’Sullivan, 36, who is being supported by lawyers at the Christian Legal Centre, faced charges of religiously aggravated intentional harassment under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, after being accused of saying “We love the Jews” , Jew ha…

Street Preacher Arrested for Telling Muslim protesters 'God bless you' Cleared of Hate Speech

A street preacher who was arrested and put on trial for saying  ‘Pray for the Jews and pray for the Palestinians’ to Muslims at a pro-Palestinian rally has been cleared of racial and religious harassment, making this the 16th similar case he’s been acquitted of. After the most recent arrest, Shaun O’Sullivan, a pastor at ‘Awaken Church’ in Swindon, plead ‘not guilty’ to one count of religiously aggravated harassment and one count of racially agg…