When Scotland's new hate crime law went into effect Monday, among its loudest critics was author J.K. Rowling, who took it upon herself to publicly challenge the new law by deliberately misgendering transgender women and daring police to arrest her. Rowling posted a thread ...
Report Broken Documentary Crime, Society / 16 Comments Glasgow officials would like to project an image of a city full of energy and life, with ambitious plans for the 21st century but Glasgow and indeed Scotland also have another image that they desperately want to shed, it is one of religi...
“As regards the findings about online abuse, we look forward to more discussion about the recent report on Scotland’s hate crime laws, commissioned by the Scottish government, which recommended new provisions to tackle sexist online bullying.” ENDS No...
Everyone’s having a lot of fun with the farcical Hate Crime Act that will finally come into operation in Scotland in just a couple of weeks’ time, fittingly on April Fools’ Day. Even by the Scottish Government’s abysmally rank standards of legislation over the last decade it’s an emb...
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Last week SNP MP Fulton MacGregor told Newsnight that the grotesque, draconian Hate Crime Act was necessary because “hate crime is a major problem across Scotland”, which “wreaks havoc on individuals, on communities and on families”. ? Now, we have to admit that we hadn’t heard of muc...
The chapter explores the relationships between VAW and concepts of misogyny and hate speech/hate crime, which emerged in the context of recent law reform of hate crime frameworks in Scotland and in other jurisdictions of the UK. It concludes with an assessment of the status of VAW in Scotland...
(4) Mary's critics point out that she made no attempt to investigate the crime. When urged to do so by Darnley's father, she replied that Parliament would meet in the spring and they would look into the matter. Meanwhile she gave Darnley's clothes to Bothwell. The trial of Bothwell ...
you can also report hate crime, domestic abuse, fraud and cybercrime. Also, Police Scotland works with a number of partners who perform the role of 3rd Party Reporting Centres. You can find nearest Third Party Reporting Centre on the website. For those want to report hate crime online, ther...
For instance, all women in Scotland shoud direct their energies against the Hate Crime Act and the proposed GRA reform – self-ID and the eradication of women as a political, social, or indeed a material reality class. Nicola Sturgeon can claim to be “feminist to her fingertips” but she...