Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill

References

1. ¹ The Herald online, 30 September 2020, see https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18759081.john-cleese-speaks-disastrous-scots-hate-crime-bill/ as at 14 October 2020
2. ² The Times online, 12 August 2020, see https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rowan-atkinson-fights-hate-crime-bill-r8c3tfz0w as at 14 October 2020
3. ³ Savanta ComRes Free to Disagree Scotland poll, 6-13 August 2020, Q1, see https://comresglobal.com/polls/free-to-disagree-free-speech-poll-august-2020/ as at 14 October 2020
4. ⁴ The Herald online, 23 September 2020, see https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18742331.snp-announce-hate-crime-bill-climbdown-free-speech-row/ as at 14 October 2020
5. ⁵ ‘Faculty welcomes amendment to Hate Crime Bill’, Faculty of Advocates, 23 September 2020, see http://www.advocates.org.uk/news-and-responses/news/2020/sep/faculty-welcomes-amendment-to-hate-crime-bill as at 14 October 2020
6. ⁶ ‘SoE welcomes Scottish Hate Crime Bill climbdown but reiterates threat to free speech’, Society of Editors, 24 September 2020, see https://www.societyofeditors.org/soe_news/soe-welcomes-scottish-hate-crime-bill-climbdown-but-reiterates-threat-to-free-speech/ as at 14 October 2020
7. ⁷ Savanta ComRes, Free to Disagree Scotland poll, 6-13 August 2020, Q3, see https://comresglobal.com/polls/free-to-disagree-free-speech-poll-august-2020/ as at 14 October 2020
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9. ⁹ ‘Lack of clarity in Hate Crime Bill could threaten freedom of expression’, Law Society of Scotland, 27 July 2020, see https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/law-society-news/hatecrimebill/ as at 14 October 2020
10. ¹⁰ Savanta ComRes, Free to Disagree Scotland poll, 6-13 August 2020, Q1, see https://comresglobal.com/polls/free-to-disagree-free-speech-poll-august-2020/ as at 14 October 2020
11. ¹¹ Telegraph online, 5 September 2020, see https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/07/29/scotlands-catholic-bishops-warn-bible-could-fall-foul-snp-hate/ as at 14 October 2020
12. ¹² ‘Yousaf can’t “magic away” J.K. Rowling hate crime concerns’, Free to Disagree, see https://freetodisagree.scot/press_releases/yousaf-cant-magic-away-j-k-rowling-hate-crime-concerns/ as at 14 October 2020
13. ¹³ ‘SNP must back further changes to hate crime bill – Jim Sillars’, Free to Disagree, 28 September 2020, see https://freetodisagree.scot/snp-must-back-further-changes-to-hate-crime-bill-jim-sillars/ as at 14 October 2020
14. ¹⁴ Scottish Daily Mail, 24 September 2020
15. ¹⁵ ‘SoE welcomes Scottish Hate Crime Bill climbdown but reiterates threat to free speech’, Society of Editors, 24 September 2020, see https://www.societyofeditors.org/soe_news/soe-welcomes-scottish-hate-crime-bill-climbdown-but-reiterates-threat-to-free-speech/ as at 14 October 2020
16. ¹⁶ ‘Plan to amend Scottish hate crime bill isn’t enough, says NSS’, National Secular Society, 23 September 2020, see https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2020/09/plan-to-amend-scottish-hate-crime-bill-isnt-enough-says-nss as at 14 October 2020
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18. ¹⁸ Telegraph online, 29 July 2020, see https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/09/05/bbc-senior-judges-sheriffs-police-warn-snps-hate-crime-bill/ as at 14 October 2020
19. ¹⁹ ‘Lack of clarity in Hate Crime Bill could threaten freedom of expression’, Law Society of Scotland, 27 July 2020, see https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/law-society-news/hatecrimebill/ as at 14 October 2020
20. ²⁰ Mail Online, 24 July 2020, see https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8556175/New-vague-Scots-hate-crime-law-stifle-free-speech.html as at 14 October 2020