Co-operative Bank closes human rights group’s account
A pro-Palestinian organisation that opposes human rights violations in the Occupied Territories has been told by the Co-operative Bank that its account is to be closed.
Resistance: The people fighting fracking in Scotland
Meet the people campaigning for a permanent ban on fracking and other unconventional gas extraction industries in Scotland.
Government deletes statement supporting underground coal gasification
The Scottish Government removed a web page supportive of Underground Coal Gasification only after activists complained.
Fracking no longer viable, says government advisor
A leading academic who advised the Scottish Government on fracking says the industry has been “fatally undermined” by a UK Government policy U-turn.
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.
Peaceful campaigners branded terrorist threats
Animal rights, environment and anti-nuclear campaigners are “of concern” according to counter-terrorism training materials produced by Scotland’s largest council.
Secret filming alleges illegal fox hunting
League Against Cruel Sports campaigners secretly filmed the Duke of Buccleuch’s hunt and allege their video shows them breaking the law.
New claims of war crimes in Yemen and child deaths
Human rights campaigners have urged Britain to stop the sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia after revealing new evidence of war crimes in Yemen.
SNP calls for UK inquiry into alleged war crimes in Yemen
More than 2100 civilians including at least 400 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war.
