Police Threaten Arrest If Citizens Speak Out Against the State-Sanctioned Death of Baby Alfie Evans

 

A 23-month-old baby boy named Alfie Evans has been fighting for his  life in a British hospital for months. Aflie has a degenerative  neurological condition that doctors say is incurable, and thus the  medical staff at the hospital has basically condemned the child to die. Alfie’s parents want to do everything in their power to keep him  alive. 

However, unfortunately, the UK government has the final say as to  how the child will be treated, and a series of court rulings have  ordered the hospital to take him off of life support. Alfie’s father, Thomas Evans has been attempting to appeal these  rulings so the family can fly to the Vatican hospital in Rome, where  they have been offered free medical care, with experimental treatments  that are not offered in the UK. 

Despite the fact that this will come at no cost to the UK  government or the hospital, they are legally forcing the family to stay  in the UK, where they will be denied medical care because the government  decided that it was not worth the effort to keep the boy alive. Even  worse, the hospital has not been feeding the child while he is under  their care, which is now court mandated.  

The parents sought to try  experimental treatments outside of the country, but the doctors were  able to prevent them from leaving the UK. 

Under the healthcare system in  the UK, patients are often at the whims of doctors and are not allowed  to make their own medical decisions in many cases, especially when  children are involved, since the state assumes the legal authority to  speak for the child.  We have seen similar situations play out in the United States, as many parents take the risk of having the government take their children if they decide to try unconventional but promising new treatments like cannabis oil.
 

The Evans family has even been forced to go to the courts to request  to take their son home, which now seems like their best possible option. The case has sparked outrage across the world, but instead of backing down, the hospital and the government have gone on the offensive against anyone offering support for the Evans family. 

Alder Hey Hospital Chairman David Henshaw and Chief Executive Louise  Shepherd said in a statement that they have been victims of a “barrage of highly abusive and threatening language and behavior.” 

“We have endured attacks upon our motivation, our professionalism, and  our ethics. It has been a very difficult time. Having to carry on our  usual day-to-day work in a hospital that has required a significant  police presence just to keep our patients, staff, and visitors safe is completely unacceptable,” they said in the statement. 

Then Merseyside Police Department issued a statement on their Facebook page, saying that they will be monitoring social media for posts about the situation, and will be considering legal action against people for speaking out:  

“We’ve issued the following statement following reports  of social media posts being made in relation to Alder Hey Hospital and  the ongoing situation with Alfie Evans: Chief Inspector Chris Gibson said: ‘Merseyside Police has been made  aware of a number of social media posts which have been made with  reference to Alder Hey Hospital and the ongoing situation involving  Alfie Evans. I would like to make people aware that these posts are being  monitored and remind social media users that any offences including  malicious communications and threatening behaviour will be investigated  and where necessary will be acted upon.'”

This  is not an empty threat either—police in the UK actually have the legal  authority to arrest people for things that they say online. This is one  of the many examples of how seemingly well-intentioned laws against  “hostile” speech can actually be used to stifle dissent so that public  discourse can be pushed in a particular direction. In fact, thousands of  people over the past few years have been arrested for Facebook posts in  the UK. 

As The Free Thought Project reported,  just last month a YouTube prankster named Mark Meechan was arrested and  found guilty of a hate crime for training his dog to do a Nazi  salute—as a joke to freak out his girlfriend. Meechan says that he is  not racist or antisemitic, but that he likes to explore the “darker side  of humor.” He was charged under the Communications Act of 2003, which  states that people who make online posts that are deemed offensive or  malicious can face fines and prison time. In the case of Alfie Evans, there are so many people speaking out  that it will likely spark further anger if someone is actually arrested  for sharing their opinion.  

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My name is John Vibes and I am an author and researcher who organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference. I write for numerous alternative media websites, including The Free Thought Project @tftproject and The Mind Unleashed. In addition to my first book, Alchemy of the Timeless Renaissance, I have also co-authored three books with Derrick Broze @dbroze : The Conscious Resistance: Reflections on Anarchy and Spirituality, Finding Freedom in an Age of Confusion and Manifesto of the Free Humans

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