Ross Greer

Arms trade

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Billy Briggs on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020

The UK government and arms firms based in Scotland were condemned in a Human Rights Watch report for selling weapons to an Egyptian regime that tortures children by waterboarding and electrocution.

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Politics, Health

Government delays to information rights ‘draconian’

Jamie Mann, Rob Edwards on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Changes to Scotland’s freedom of information law narrowly agreed by Holyrood for the coronavirus emergency have been condemned as “dismal” and “draconian” by campaigners.

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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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Arms trade, Human rights

Radar funded by Scottish Enterprise marketed to regimes abusing human rights

Billy Briggs on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

A radar funded by Scottish Enterprise was marketed to countries with poor records on human rights at one of the world's largest arms fairs.

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Environment

Radioactive waste wrongly sent to Hunterston nuclear plant

Rob Edwards on March 10, 2020March 12, 2020

Investigations have been launched into how radioactive waste ended up in a transport container at Hunterston nuclear power station in breach of environmental rules.

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Environment

Concerns after six safety incidents at Hunterston nuclear plant

Rob Edwards on March 9, 2020March 10, 2020

The nuclear power station at Hunterston in North Ayrshire has breached radiation safety rules and suffered five other problems with its safety systems.

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Arms trade, Human rights, International

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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Education

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

James McEnaney on December 5, 2019January 22, 2020

Children in poorer parts of Scotland have nearly 10 per cent fewer choices of subjects in secondary school than those in better-off areas, new research has found.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Billy Briggs on October 23, 2019January 22, 2020

The Scottish Government has handed nearly £15 million to arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey.

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Ross Greer

Arms trade

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Politics, Health

Government delays to information rights ‘draconian’

Human rights, International

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

Arms trade, Human rights

Radar funded by Scottish Enterprise marketed to regimes abusing human rights

Environment

Radioactive waste wrongly sent to Hunterston nuclear plant

Environment

Concerns after six safety incidents at Hunterston nuclear plant

Arms trade, Human rights, International

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

Education

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Government delays to information rights ‘draconian’

PFI firms promote coronavirus donations but refuse NHS fee cut

Ewing backs fox control with hounds in public forests