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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Beijing’s human rights policies drive unfavourable views of China, Pew survey finds | South China Morning Post

A former mayor of Turkey's capital Ankara who was taken in by a hoax tweet announcing the discovery of "jelly bean reserves" in the country has been roundly mocked. Melih Gökçek, who served as mayor for over two decades before standing down in 2017, was tricked by the tweet posted by a l

As the cost-of-living crisis puts pressure on pay negotiations, employers need to take care to ensure collective bargaining procedures are not inappropriately circumvented, writes Innes Clark. Late last year the Supreme Court judgment in Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and others made clear that direct

Nearly 100 less-advantaged pupils have shown their ambition to join the legal profession by attending a four-day virtual summer school hosted by the Law Society of Scotland. Pupils in grades S3 to S6 and a number studying at college logged on to participate in the sessions held over four days from M

Palestinian authorities are systematically mistreating and torturing Palestinians in detention, including critics and opponents, Human Rights Watch has said in a parallel report submitted jointly to the United Nations Committee Against Torture with the Palestinian rights group Lawyers for Justice. T

David J Black looks at how the Golden Turd plopped onto Edinburgh's skyline. Read part one here. It is true that every judgement as to what constitutes good or bad architecture is subjective, yet searching around Edinburgh to find someone who likes the Golden Turd Hotel is a fruitless task. The Scot

At Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday, Sheriff Tom Hughes sentenced Natalie McGarry to two years' imprisonment after she was convicted of two charges of embezzlement. He made the statement below upon sentencing. You have been convicted by a jury of two separate charges of embezzlement. These took place

A Scottish man who had a metal-on-metal prosthetic hip fitted in 2009 that he claimed was defective has lost a final appeal against the refusal of his case in the UK Supreme Court. John Hastings had sought damages from the manufacturers of the hip, Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Stryker, under sectio

The Scottish Sentencing Council has today published a new research report reviewing the sentencing of offences involving domestic abuse in Scotland.The literature review, carried out by a group of expert academics from Strathclyde University and the University of Glasgow, will help to inform the cou

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee are to examine plans put forward by the Scottish government which would overhaul systems in place around the release of prisoners and use of bail by courts. The new Bail and Release from Custody Bill, which the government hopes will

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today set out a revised approach to working more effectively with public authorities. This approach, which is outlined in an open letter from the UK Information Commissioner John Edwards to public authorities, will see use of the commissioner&rsq

TLT has furthered its commitment to reducing carbon emissions from clients’ disputes with the launch of a new UK-wide Greener Disputes Committee. The committee will be responsible for actively reducing, with a view to minimising, the environmental impacts of litigation in all three UK jurisdic

A man who mistakenly believed he was wanted by police has been arrested after breaking into a jail to hand himself in. Jail authorities said Wisconsin man Tavier Holling, 30, began pounding on their door early on Sunday morning before growing impatient and smashing his way in.

Recent council motions may be well meaning but they are at odds with licensing, writes Stephen McGowan. Every now and again a local councillor or even a full council proposes or approves a motion which relates to the operation of licensed premises. This has happened recently, on 24th June 2022, with

Russia has been told by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to stay the execution of two British men serving in the Ukrainian army who were captured in Mariupol and sentenced to death. The applicants, Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, are British citizens who were born in 1973 and 1994, respectiv