UCU Scotland condemns the presence on the Stand Up To Racism march on 18th March 2023 of groups that defend Israel's racist colonisation of Palestine and says it will suspend all financial and other support to SUTR until explicitly pro-Israel groups are excluded
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01 April 2023
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01 March 2023
Scottish Friends of Palestine says it will boycott the anti-racism demonstration scheduled for Saturday 18 March 2023 in Glasgow because of the presence on it of pro-Israel, racist groups.
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03 March 2020
As organisations opposed to all forms of racism, we regret that we are unable to support the march organised in Glasgow by Stand Up to Racism to mark the UN's International Day Against Racial Discrimination
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19 January 2023
The Northern Ireland Divisional Court has been asked to intervene in a preliminary inquiry into terrorism charges against a Palestinian doctor in order to clarify the part played by MI5 in the case.
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03 January 2023
Court proceedings in Northern Ireland have highlighted the activity of a man said to be an MI5 agent.
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09 December 2022
The Annual Islamophobia Conference co-organised by IHRC, SACC and DIN, this year taking place online from 9 – 11 December.
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08 June 2022
Dr Issam Bassalat, a Palestinian Scottish doctor who is facing terrorism charges in Northern Ireland as a result of what his lawyer calls "entrapment", will be appearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Friday 10 June to fight for his right to practise medicine.
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09 April 2022
SACC supports the proposal to twin Edinburgh with Gaza City but we not affiliated with the newly-formed Edinburgh-Gaza Twinning Association.
Ceasefire Now! National Demonstration
Saturday 2 December in Edinburgh.
Assemble at 1pm at Regent Road (near the US consulate). March to the Scottish Parliament.
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Background & Comment
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Message from Dr. Issam Bassalat’s wife, thanking everyone who has helped her husband
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SACC is proud to announce that it has joined 46 partner organisations around the world to support the International Witness Campaign.
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Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of "Operation Arbacia", which resulted in the arrest of our friend the Scottish Palestinian activist Issam Hijjawi Bassalat.
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by Richard Haley
An MI5 sting directed at the New IRA is raising some tricky questions. The big questions are “why now?” and “what about Lyra McKee?” And “what has a Palestinian GP from Edinburgh got to do with all this?”
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by David Hildebrand
Migrants and refugees are faced with an array of challenges upon arrival in the UK, including legal barriers that prevent access to employment, housing and healthcare, and more generally, a lack of opportunities to interact with others.
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Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Naomi Long, responds to concerns over the treatment of Dr Issam Hijjawi Basalat in Maghaberry Prison.
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The new Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2020 will not enhance public security.
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by Richard Haley
Badreddin Abadlla Adam was shot dead by police after he attacked people with a knife. There may be circumstances in which firearms are the correct response to a knife, but they will be very rare. So what happened?
