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Edinburgh company linked to Covid-19 controversy in Czech Republic
A company registered in Edinburgh has been linked to a firm in the Czech Republic embroiled in controversy over a government contract to deliver Covid-19 tests.
‘We screamed for help and no one came’: Belarus expats on regime’s crackdown
Belarusians living in Scotland are watching on horrified as the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko cracks down on political protests.
Facebook removes Scottish pages linked to QAnon conspiracy
Facebook has removed a number of Scottish groups on its platform identified by The Ferret as being associated with a far-right cult called QAnon.
Scottish doctor named in UAE human rights abuses lawsuit
A doctor with the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been named in a lawsuit filed against an international law firm accused of UAE human rights abuses.
Facebook pages promoting banned QAnon cult still live
Facebook pages promoting a cult called QAnon in Scotland have not been removed by the social media giant despite a promise to ban them.
Golden Dawn and the killing of Pavlos Fyssas
Forensic Architecture has challenged the police narrative over the killing of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas by Greek neo-Nazis.
Oil firm backed by Scots investment company pulls out of Peruvian Amazon project
Standard Life Aberdeen, based in Edinburgh, invests in Chilean company Geopark, which had been planning to extract oil in the Loreto region of Peru.
Kidnapped by the state: Mexico’s political prisoners in the Covid-19 pandemic
To reduce the risks of Covid-19 in Mexico's overcrowded prisons, the government signed an amnesty law. But many political prisoners have not been released.
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 immigration enforcement agency.
