Tag: human rights

Calls for government to ban anti-teen alarms

By Christine Lavelle THE SCOTTISH government is at the heart of a human rights row over a controversial device aimed at getting rid of anti-social...

Senior police “embarrassed government” on human rights pledge

By Paul Thornton SENIOR police officers ignored a Scottish Government pledge to Europe to allow suspects access to legal representation during interviews for over four...

Scottish police to use spy planes

By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH police forces could soon be using unmanned spy planes to keep tabs on citizens in a bid to crack down on...

Veteran human rights campaigner calls for same-sex marriage in Scotland

By Oliver Farrimond VETERAN human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Alex Salmond and the SNP administration to legalise same-sex civil marriage in Scotland. He...

Shackled doctors demand release of imprisoned Indian GP

By Scott Shepherd A GROUP of campaigners chained themselves together yesterday to campaign for the release of a top doctor jailed for speaking out about...

Dundee’s rector to give evidence to human rights investigation

By Cara Sulieman A TOP Scots university boss will be giving evidence at a Parliamentary Committee on torture after years of campaigning to get his...

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