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China accused of lying over organ harvesting
An Australian academic visiting Scotland has refuted claims by China that organ harvesting from prisoners has stopped.
June 17, 2016
Police chief leading Operation Herne ‘unfit’ for role
The policeman leading a probe into the undercover policing scandal at the Met Police is 'unfit' for the role, say campaigners.
May 30, 2016
UK ‘distorts’ torture evidence putting lives at risk
Government officials are increasingly challenging independent evidence of torture, raising fears genuine asylum seekers could be sent home.
May 21, 2016
Facebook cracks down on Kurdish content
Facebook has banned Glasgow Girl Roza Salih from the social network for posting a photo of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
April 15, 2016
Information watchdog under renewed fire for election bias
Scotland’s freedom of information commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, has admitted delaying sensitive decisions in the run-up to the independence referendum in 2014.
March 30, 2016
Minister under fire for silence on Qatar worker deaths
Scottish minister didn't mention human rights abuses while seeking up to £1.3 billion to pay for new hospitals and motorways from the oil-rich state of Qatar.
March 13, 2016
Revealed: SNP links with private welfare-to-work lobby
The Ferret can reveal close links between the SNP and controversial private firms who are likely to bid for contracts.
March 1, 2016
Thousands of workers given ‘cack-handed’ terrorism training
More than 4000 workers in prisons, councils, the NHS, Fire and Rescue services and the military have taken part in counter-terrorism courses.
November 30, 2015
NHS-patient trust threatened by “Orwellian” terror law
Doctors and nurses advised to breach patient confidentiality and report suspicious people to the state to comply with counter-terrorism law.
November 4, 2015