Friday, April 19, 2024

Tag: human rights

Funding boost for mental health programme

SCOTS experiencing mental health problems have had a funding boost to protect their human rights. See Me, a national programme to end mental health discrimination,...

Asbo teen escapes prosecution after legal aid cash runs out

A TEENAGER has escaped punishment for breaching his Asbo after a Sheriff said the case could breach his human rights. Jamie Marshall was due to...

Prisoners allowed to watch violent and sexually explicit films

By Christine Lavelle PRISON bosses in Scotland have refused to ban violent films and video games despite being given the green light from human rights...

Protestors stage Guantánamo human rights demonstration

By Amanda MacMillan PROTESTORS dressed in bright orange boiler suits and black hoods staged a human rights demonstration in Edinburgh today (fri). The volunteers from the...

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...

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