‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire
Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.
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Islamophobia: Muslim women’s experiences in Scotland
Journalist Tasnim Nazeer was the victim of Islamophobia in Glasgow city centre when out shopping with her children. She was
Ministry of Defence gags staff on Trident and Scotland
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has banned its military and civilian staff from speaking publicly about Trident nuclear weapons in
Pension funds can divest from Palestinian occupation firms, court rules
Human rights campaigners in Scotland have welcomed a ruling by the UK’s Supreme Court that council pension funds can
Tibetans forced to display pictures of Chinese state leaders
Tibetans are being forced to display pictures of Xi Jinping and other Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders in their homes,
Westminster bid to re-launch toxic plutonium reactors
The UK government is trying to resurrect plutonium-powered reactors despite abandoning a multi-billion bid to make them work in Scotland.
University urged to end Saudi deal after rise in beheadings
A leading Scottish university has been condemned for a secretive contract with Saudi Arabia after a new report revealed that
Asylum seekers’ lives ‘put at risk’ by decision to move them to hotels
Hundreds of asylum seekers claim their lives are being put at risk after they were moved out of their flats
Channel 4 programme accused of promoting anti-Traveller myths
The award-winning current affairs programme, Dispatches, has been condemned for a documentary aired on Channel 4 about crime and Traveller
Increase allowance for asylum seekers, charities tell UK government
A charity in Glasgow that counsels torture survivors is among 60 organisations who have written to the UK government calling
Photo essay: sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Scottish photographer Angela Catlin visited the Democratic Republic of Congo to document the stories of women and girls subjected to
Calls to help drug users access services in Covid-19 crisis
Calls are growing for people with drug addictions to get urgent access to life-saving treatment and prescriptions to help them
UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture
The UK government and arms firms based in Scotland have been condemned over deals with Egypt after a new report