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Spycops: judge rejects claim for undercover police inquiry in Scotland
An environmental campaigner targeted by police has failed to persuade a judge that an undercover policing inquiry should be extended to cover Scotland.
Prison suicides prompt call for fewer sentences to save lives
There have been more than 58 suicides over the last ten years in Scottish prisons.
Destitute refugee family win right to rebuild their lives
A refugee couple with two young children, who were facing street homelessness in Scotland after being destitute for almost a decade, have been granted the right to remain in the UK.
Searching for answers: Scots struggling to access records on their lives in care
Care charities have called for new guidance to make it easier for those who have been looked after to access their records.
Scots laird asked to help save ancestor’s ‘evil’ slave castle
A Scottish baronet has been called upon to help preserve his ancestor’s castle in Sierra Leone as a monument to the brutality of 18th century slave trade.
Call to review domestic murders to help prevent further deaths
Scotland must introduce formal reviews on domestic murders to help save lives, according to leading violence against women organisations.
Saudi Arabia trade plan dropped by Scottish Government after killing of journalist
Ministers halted the hiring of a middleman to boost oil and gas business with Saudi Arabia amid mounting international outrage.
MSPs urge Pakistan PM to lift ban on human rights activist
Politicians have urged Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, to lift a travel ban on a woman who peacefully opposes the Taliban and tries to prevent young people being recruited for jihad.
Call for trafficking victims to be protected from ‘hostile’ immigration policies
Scottish legislation to protect trafficking victims is being overruled by UK immigration policy, say campaigners.