Sheku Bayoh’s family welcome the statement by Humza Yousaf on Lord Bracadale’s Public Inquiry into the death in police custody of Sheku Bayoh.
News
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28 November 2020
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24 November 2020
Statement issued at the start of the Lockerbie appeal by appeal lawyer Aamer Anwar on behalf of his clients, the family of the late Al-Megrahi and some of the families of the British victims.
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10 November 2020
A Palestinian man held on remand in Maghaberry Prison has been in severe pain for weeks and now needs crutches as a result of the prison's neglect of his medical needs. A friend has described his treatment as tantamount to "torture."
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27 October 2020
SACC and other concerned groups and individuals have written to the Governor of Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland, urging him to arrange specialist medical attention for Dr Issam Hijawi Bassalat.
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01 October 2020
Dr Issam Hijjawi Bassalat's application for bail was rejected by the High Court in Belfast yesterday
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27 September 2020
SACC is becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of Dr Issam Hijjawi Bassalat, an Edinburgh man who has been on hunger strike in Maghaberry Prison, Northern Ireland since 16 September
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24 September 2020
Issam Hijjawi has been on hunger strike in Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland since 16 September. He must be released from prison and the charges against him must be dropped
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04 September 2020
SACC is dismayed at the prosecution of Palestinian doctor Issam Hijjawi Basalat under a controversial provision of the UK’s anti-terrorism legislation.
Sheku Bayoh Inquiry to Begin on 30 November
The Public Inquiry into the death in police custody of Sheku Bayoh will begin on Monday 30 November. Sheku Bayoh's family welcomed Thursday's statement by Justice Secretary Humza Yousef.
SACC gives a cautious welcome to the forthcoming public inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh in police custody in 2015. But we believe that the inquiry’s remit is only just wide enough for the task it must confront. If the inquiry is to succeed it will need to exercise its remit with boldness and determination. And it will need to insist on its independence from the Lord Advocate.
Background & Comment
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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?
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by SACC
An outine of lockdown law in Scotland and your rights.
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by Richard Haley
On 21 March the Scottish Government announced the terms of reference for the public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh. It remains to be seen whether Sheku Bayoh’s family will finally obtain justice.
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by Richard Haley
Police forces around the UK have been categorising campaigners as "domestic extremists". Political policing has to stop. The starting point is to scrap the UK's terrorism laws and counter-extremism policies
