US EditionPolice used ‘Orwellian’ powers to gag firefighter in free speech row
- Police used 'Orwellian' powers to prevent firefighter Robert Moss from disclosing his arrest after criticizing his bosses online.
- Staffordshire Police stated that Moss's free speech rights had to be 'limited to maintain public safety and order.'
- An employment tribunal found that Moss was wrongfully dismissed from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, calling the decision 'unfair.'
- Moss's legal representative argued that the bail conditions imposed by police pose a 'deep threat to the right of free expression.
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Police gag order against union activist overturned in free speech case
A Free Speech Union (FSU) member was arrested in an early-morning raid after criticising his former employer in a private Facebook group, then placed under “Orwellian” bail conditions barring him from even revealing the arrest. Following legal intervention supported by the FSU, the extraordinary “gagging clause” has now been overturned at a special court hearing. Robert Moss, 56, a former firefighter and Labour councillor, worked for Staffordshi…
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