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Sex, suspects and secrecy: Police Scotland’s elastic approach to human rights
Introduction The recent arrest of 30-year-old Eve Shaw, a man previously known as Adam Shaw who identifies as a woman, has reignited the controversy around Police Scotland’s position on...
15th September 2026
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Rights and Wrongs, part 3: unanswered questions
This blog records our continued attempts to obtain a direct, unreserved apology from Amnesty International UK (AIUK), as well as greater clarity about past events and about how AIUK...
10th September 2026
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From Freddos to Frank’s Law: An Assessment of the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions System
Introduction This post provides an overview of our latest academic paper, From Freddos to Frank’s Law: An Assessment of the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions System. The paper is published...
10th August 2026
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Amnesty International UK: Rights and Wrongs Part 2. A troublesome audit trail
Introduction This blog updates our previous post, which archived material associated with Amnesty International UK’s decision to publish a report (titled A Growing Threat) containing defamatory material about a...
23rd July 2026
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Amnesty International UK: Rights and Wrongs
Introduction This post provides an archive of material associated with Amnesty International UK’s decision to publish defamatory material about a large number of UK groups who do not agree...
13th July 2026
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Putting violent men in women’s prisons: where was Scottish civil society?
Introduction This blog details our first attempt, via an academic article, to alert Scottish civil society to the Scottish Prison Service’s policy of placing some male prisoners in female...
9th July 2026
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MBM statement on FWS v The Scottish Ministers Judicial Review of Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy
We welcome today’s ruling in the Outer House of the Court of Session that the Scottish Prison Service policy on transgender prisoners is unlawful. For over a decade the...
19th June 2026
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Losing focus: Women’s charities and the UK Supreme Court ruling
Women’s charities and the UK Supreme Court ruling Our latest report focuses on charities whose objects, as set out in their governing documents, state that they should benefit solely...
16th April 2026
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Why does the Scottish Prison Service hold men convicted of murder in the female prison estate? A policy timeline
Introduction On 3 and 4 February, the Scottish Government is heading to court to defend the Scottish Prison Service’s policy (2023) on the management of transgender prisoners. In a...
26th January 2026
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Statement on the closure of our petition on recording sex accurately in cases of rape
Statement On Wednesday 10 December the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee closed our petition, which called for Police Scotland, the Crown Office and Scottish Court Service to accurately...
12th December 2025