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Peaceful campaigners branded terrorist threats
Animal rights, environment and anti-nuclear campaigners are “of concern” according to counter-terrorism training materials produced by Scotland’s largest council.
MSP pensions put £3.2m into ‘unethical’ firms
MSP pensions invested £3.2 million in weapons, tobacco and dirty fuels despite the dangers they pose to life, health and the planet.
New claims of war crimes in Yemen and child deaths
Human rights campaigners have urged Britain to stop the sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia after revealing new evidence of war crimes in Yemen.
SNP calls for UK inquiry into alleged war crimes in Yemen
More than 2100 civilians including at least 400 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war.
Fears that bombs from Scotland dropped on Yemeni civilians
Human Rights groups have raised fears that weapons made in Scotland could have been used to attack Yemeni civilians.
Revealed: UK government’s secret arms deals to Israel after Gaza offensive
A new report reveals the UK Government sanctioned licences for surface-to-surface missiles, combat helicopters and military communications equipment to be sold to Israel.
Trident is a disaster waiting to happen, says nuclear whistleblower
Trident submarines are plagued by serious security lapses, beset by multiple safety blunders and “a disaster waiting to happen”, according to a nuclear weapons engineer turned whistleblower now being hunted by the police.
Revealed: the £1.4 billion that the public sector pours into pollution, tobacco and weapons
More than 430 public bodies in Scotland are investing over £1.4 billion in pollution, tobacco and weapons despite the dangers posed to the planet, human health and life around the world.
