Intimidation and bullying of PACE trial critics

Keith Geragthy: "after I published articles that were critical of the PACE trial, two of the PACE authors W&S lodged complaints about me and my work to my host University. Emails and phone calls to ones bosses is very intimidating." 

Caroline Struthers: "I was intimidated and upset when Larun wrote to my boss to complain about me when I posted @julierehmeyer's article on my personal FB page." Lillebeth Larun is author of the Cochrane review of exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. 

Professor Sharpe accused Steven Lubet and Julie Rehmeyer of suggesting that PACE was fraudulent, and demanded a retraction or major correction of their articles. 

Carol Monaghan: [Professor Sharpe] has told me that my behaviour is unbecoming of an MP. 

Professor Esther Crawley has attempted to silence and intimidate David Tuller http://www.virology.ws/2017/11/29/trial-by-error-the-crawley-chronicles-continued/

Other attempts to suppress criticism
An attempt was made to block publication of the special issue on the PACE trial in the Journal of Health Psychology by falsely claiming that it had not been peer reviewed [needs reference].

According to Professor Jonathan Edwards "If you criticize PACE in the UK, there is a quiet phone call to your employer and the next morning you are asked to a meeting to reconsider your contract. I get emails from people to whom this has happened. The only reason why I am the only UK academic to call out on PACE is that I am retired so do not have an employer." https://twitter.com/MECFSNews/status/897756698303188992 [needs better reference]

Patients that were critical of the PACE trial were targeted by a smear campaign that variously portrayed them as violent militants or activists engaging in a campaign of harassment [needs references].