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Fish farms blamed for overfishing in West Africa
The trucks are lined up on the beach, rear doors open towards the ocean. On the sand there are piles of empty crates, and every now and then a worker takes one and goes to meet the small coloured pirogues that reach the beach loaded with fish.
Oil workers accused of attacking Indigenous women and children in US and Canada
An Indigenous leader from North America has accused workers on oil and gas projects in the US and Canada of human rights abuses.
Revealed: the Edinburgh offices linked to secretive Scottish Limited Partnerships
Two Edinburgh addresses are cited as the official headquarters for businesses that use opaque financial structures linked to alleged money laundering and tax abuse, The Ferret can reveal.
COP26 youth conference ends sponsorship with oil firm linked to Guantanamo Bay
The main COP26 youth conference has abandoned plans to accept sponsorship money from a firm with links to the oil industry and the construction of Guantanamo Bay.
Scottish politicians and academics call for release of Kurdish Iraqi prisoner
Scottish politicians and academics at Glasgow University have called on authorities to release a former Glasgow University student arrested in Kurdish Iraq and charged with high treason.
Critics condemn the UK’s increasingly privatised immigration industry
UK's increasingly privatised immigration and border industry prompts critics to voice concerns that “corporate actors” are profiting at the expense of human rights.
Trafficked: concerns over criminalisation of young Vietnamese found in cannabis factories
Human rights organisations claim young trafficking survivors in Scotland – including Vietnamese children found in cannabis factories – are being criminalised instead of protected.
Ocean desolation: how fish farm pollution is killing marine life in Greece
Fish farmers insist the impact is minimal, Greek scientists now claim the pollution they produce is killing crucial marine ecosystems.
‘We have to be optimists’: how can Scotland rebuild trust?
Scotland needs a radical shift in the way that power and influence are distributed to help address democratic deficits and rebuild trust in the political process.
