The Guga Hunt: Why a centuries-old Hebridean tradition is facing renewed scrutiny
The Ferret did a deep dive to explain why a bird cull on Lewis dating back centuries is causing outrage amid claims it's a "blood sport"
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Asylum seekers shackled for up to 17 hours while removed from UK
Asylum seekers were shackled for up to 17 hours while being forcibly removed from the UK by a private firm,
Arms sales to Yemen slammed as report claims war crimes cover-up
War crimes have been covered up in Yemen and the UK risks complicity in “laws-of-war violations” due to
Scots pension fund sells shares in controversial Israeli bank
A council pension fund has sold its shares in an Israeli bank at the centre of a global divestment campaign.
Charities claim refugees facing eviction due to Home Office errors
Dozens of asylum seekers facing lock changes in Glasgow by multinational company, Serco, may in fact be entitled to Home
Tory minister rejects MSP request to visit Dungavel detention centre
A Scottish politician’s request for an official visit to Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire has been
More than 500 people detained in police cells under immigration law
A human rights lawyer has called on the Scottish Government to “demand answers” after it emerged that 537 people were
Scottish pension funds linked to Donald Trump’s border jails
Scottish pension funds have invested millions of pounds in firms bankrolling Donald Trump’s migrant camps. The pension funds of
No rest for Manila’s dead: the front line of the Philippines drug war
The Philippines’ president Rodrigo Duterte was elected in 2016 on a platform of ridding the country of its drug addiction
Vulnerable women at risk in Dungavel detention centre, says report
Women are at risk of exploitation in Dungavel House immigration removal centre and more than 200 detainees were on watch
Hunger strike by UK businessman in Belarus prison
A British businessman imprisoned in Belarus has staged a hunger strike in protest at the conditions in which he and
Biometrics watchdog will lack powers, say critics
Government plans to appoint an independent watchdog to monitor how facial recognition, fingerprints and genetic information are used in Scotland
Home Office wrong to send asylum seeker back to Ethiopia, rules judge
A leading Scottish judge has found the Home Office guilty of making a serious blunder by unlawfully returning an Ethiopian