Human rights, Privacy and surveillance
Scotland’s former police chief sanctioned spycop who duped women into sex
Scotland’s former police chief personally signed off an undercover operation which involved an officer duping a woman into sex.
Billy Briggs
Arms trade, International
US arms firm linked to war crimes taught in schools 81 times
Arms firm Raytheon, which has been linked to alleged war crimes in Yemen, taught in schools on 81 occasions over the past two years.
Arms trade, Education
Arms dealers’ school visits damned as ‘moral disgrace’
BAE Systems has visited more than 400 schools across the UK and produced lessons for children.
Environment, Fracking, Human rights
Police Scotland amends counter terrorism plan after fracking fracas
Police Scotland has amended its counter terrorism plan after a report by The Ferret revealed they had labelled anti-fracking protesters as "domestic extremists".
Education, Housing and homelessness
Town and gown relations in St Andrews at ‘all-time low’ over housing crisis
The University of St Andrews has been accused of "spawning a bonanza" for buy-to-let landlords who have snapped up council houses in the wealthy Fife town.
Politics
Far-right Scots vlogger named in report on YouTube extremist networks
YouTube provides a network for far-right extremists such as Scot Colin Robertson, aka Millennial Woes, to promote white nationalism and radicalise people, according to a new report.
Human rights, Politics
Sturgeon to quiz Police Scotland over branding fracking critics as “extremists”
Nicola Sturgeon is to question Police Scotland over its branding of anti-fracking campaigners as "domestic extremists" alongside banned terror groups such as Islamic State and Scottish Dawn.
Environment, Fracking, Human rights
Fracking campaigners are ‘domestic extremists’, say Police Scotland
Official documents reveal that Police Scotland has been trying to infiltrate communities near the Ineos petrochemical plant at Grangemouth.
Crime and justice, Human rights, Privacy and surveillance
Police Scotland under pressure after landmark ruling on unlawful spying
A landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) this week said that GCHQ’s methods in carrying out bulk interception of online communications, violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards