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Scots pension funds put £90m in firms linked with US rights abuses
Scotland’s largest council pension funds have investments worth £90 million in companies profiting directly from President Donald Trump’s
Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US
The Scottish Government is going to ban the fish farming industry from shooting seals to save a £180 million export
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,
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
Scots university taught cadets from Saudi air force accused of war crimes
A leading Scots university is being criticised for opening its doors to a Saudi military academy that trains pilots for
Tibetan language being replaced by Chinese, warn campaigners
An exiled Tibetan living in Scotland has condemned China following a new report revealing that children in rural areas of
The Western friends of North Korea
“We believe in defending the DPRK, and its system, without any ifs or buts,” says Dermot Hudson, the official UK
‘New processes’ for illegal Saudi arms sales, says minister
The UK government says “new processes” have been established to prevent unlawful arms sales to Saudi Arabia after it emerged
In pictures: Islamist violence in Burkina Faso could displace 900,000 people
The number of people in Burkina Faso displaced due to Islamist violence could reach nearly one million by Spring. Last
Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes
An Italian arms firm accused of complicity in alleged war crimes in Yemen and the “ethnic cleansing” of Kurds in
Watchdog probes overseas schools funded by UK taxpayers after human rights concerns
A UK government-backed programme running for-profit schools in Africa and India is being investigated by an international watchdog after concerns
Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes
Executives of a US arms firm which makes smart bombs in Fife could face investigation for potentially aiding and abetting