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Environment, International, Politics

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Rob Edwards on June 2, 2020June 5, 2020

The Scottish Government is going to ban the fish farming industry from shooting seals to save a £180 million export business to the US, The Ferret can reveal.

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International, Human rights

Tibetans forced to display pictures of Chinese state leaders

Billy Briggs on April 29, 2020May 1, 2020

Tibetans are being forced to display pictures of Xi Jinping and other Chinese Communist Party leaders in their homes, according to human rights campaigners.

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International, Human rights, Society

Photo essay: sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Angela Catlin on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

The stories of women and girls subjected to sexual violence in an appalling human rights crisis engulfing the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Human rights, International

Scots university taught cadets from Saudi air force accused of war crimes

Billy Briggs on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

Stirling University taught English to Saudi air force cadets after UN investigators said air strikes in Yemen by the Saudi air force might amount to war crimes.

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Human rights, International

Tibetan language being replaced by Chinese, warn campaigners

Billy Briggs on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

An exiled Tibetan in Scotland has condemned China after report says that children in Tibet are being taught Chinese at the expense of their native language.

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The Western friends of North Korea

Alexi Demetriadi on March 4, 2020March 4, 2020

Supporters and former members of North Korean friendship organisations reveal why some in the West are drawn to support the repressive regime.

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Arms trade, International

‘New processes’ for illegal Saudi arms sales, says minister

Billy Briggs on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020

The UK government says "new processes" have been established to prevent unlawful arms sales to Saudi Arabia after it emerged a court ruling had been violated several times.

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In pictures: Islamist violence in Burkina Faso could displace 900,000 people

Billy Briggs on February 5, 2020February 6, 2020

Last year more than half a million people fled violence by armed Islamist militants in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, and the figure is predicted to rocket to 900,000 as attacks continue.

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Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

Billy Briggs on January 21, 2020January 22, 2020

Leonardo is targeting school leavers to work on Typhoon jets which have been used by the Saudis in Yemen's conflict.

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Environment, International, Politics

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

International, Human rights

Tibetans forced to display pictures of Chinese state leaders

International, Human rights, Society

Photo essay: sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Human rights, International

Scots university taught cadets from Saudi air force accused of war crimes

Human rights, International

Tibetan language being replaced by Chinese, warn campaigners

International, Human rights

The Western friends of North Korea

Arms trade, International

‘New processes’ for illegal Saudi arms sales, says minister

International

In pictures: Islamist violence in Burkina Faso could displace 900,000 people

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms