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Bestselling author calls on Scot Govt to protect free speech in hate crime Bill

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Bestselling author calls on Scot Govt to protect free speech in hate crime Bill

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith has called on the Scottish Government to commit to protecting “artistic and intellectual freedom” in its proposed hate crime Bill.

11 Aug 2020
Free Speech

Faculty of Advocates: ‘Scot hate crime Bill must be redrafted’

Faculty of Advocates: ‘Scot hate crime Bill must be redrafted’

A group representing many of Scotland’s top lawyers has stated its opposition to the SNP’s controversial hate crime Bill.

10 Aug 2020
Free Speech

Mother: ‘Porn is sexualising our children’

Mother: ‘Porn is sexualising our children’

7 Aug 2020
Pornography

Legal action threatened after Scot Govt ‘redefines woman’

Legal action threatened after Scot Govt ‘redefines woman’

7 Aug 2020
Transgender Ideology

Nicola Sturgeon’s law professor blasts SNP hate crime Bill

Nicola Sturgeon’s law professor blasts SNP hate crime Bill

5 Aug 2020
Free Speech

SNP voted against similar ‘hate crime’ Bill when proposed by Westminster

SNP voted against similar ‘hate crime’ Bill when proposed by Westminster

4 Aug 2020
Free Speech

Drug-driving could soon exceed drink-driving in Scotland

3 Aug 2020

Scot Police Federation: ‘Hate crime Bill could result in thought police’

31 Jul 2020
Free Speech

Law Society of Scotland: ‘Vague hate crime Bill could criminalise unpopular views’

30 Jul 2020
Free Speech

Scottish Labour: ‘Hate crime Bill could threaten free speech’

28 Jul 2020
Free Speech

Scot Govt’s hate crime Bill could criminalise people for ‘misspeaking’

24 Jul 2020
Free Speech

Academic: ‘Scots must oppose proposed hate crime law’

23 Jul 2020
Free Speech

J. I. Packer, ‘Knowing God’ author dies at 93

20 Jul 2020

New campaign: ‘Hate Crime Bill a serious threat to free speech’

17 Jul 2020
Free Speech