Author: Kath Murray • Page 5
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The BBC ruling on Justin Webb: ignoring public confusion and scientific fact
The BBC Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has upheld a complaint against Radio 4 Today Programme presenter Justin Webb, for explaining to listeners that the group called “trans women” are...
1st March 2024
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He says, she says. How Police Scotland policy risks weaponising hate crime
This blog looks at how Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs) are handled in Scotland, how this differs to police forces in England and Wales, and potential implications for the Hate...
23rd February 2024
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MBM submission to the Criminal Justice Committee on the Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy
The following evidence on the Scottish Prison Service Transgender Prisoner Policy was submitted to the Criminal Justice Committee ahead of its meeting on 11 January 2024. The official report...
12th February 2024
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Update on our Scottish Parliament petition on recording sex accurately in cases of rape (January 2024)
Last week the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee discussed our ongoing petition which calls on the Scottish Parliament ‘to urge the Scottish Government to require Police Scotland, the Crown...
30th January 2024
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Was the Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy a done deal?
This week the Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee will take evidence from Scottish Prison Service (SPS) CEO Theresa Medhurst and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice on the revised SPS...
10th January 2024
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Changing the prison rules (again)
On the 5 December 2023 the Scottish Prison Service published its Policy for the Management of Transgender People in Custody. The publication revised both the preceding 2014 policy and...
12th December 2023
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MBM statement on the ruling in the Judicial Review of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
For years the Scottish Government has refused to engage with concerns about the interaction between the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010. During the passage of...
8th December 2023
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Letter to the Convener of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Following today’s parliamentary evidence sesssion on our petition to require Police Scotland to record sex accurately in cases of rape or attempted rape, we sent the letter below to...
6th December 2023
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Correspondence with the Scottish Police Authority regarding Police Scotland LGBT Allies Toolkit
In October we published an article about the Police Scotland LGBT Allies Toolkit. The article questioned how a scheme that asks officers to ‘evangelise their allyship’ to certain groups...
28th November 2023
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Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee
We have been asked to give oral evidence to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee about our petition on accurately recording the sex of those charged or convicted...
22nd November 2023