Free to Disagree’s Jamie Gillies gives his thoughts on the Hate Crime Act as it comes into force, and urges a governmental change in direction […]
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Scot Gov urged to ditch problem aspects of new hate crime law
Campaigners who opposed the Scottish Government’s new hate crime law have urged Ministers to ditch the most controversial aspects of the legislation to avoid “future […]
Scots could be most-censored internet users in UK after Online Safety Bill U-turn
Campaigners have warned that Scotland faces being the most-censored part of the UK online, as it emerges UK Government online safety plans are being amended […]
Controversial Hate Crime Act to cost Justice system £1 million, with awareness-raising costs still unknown
Implementing Scotland’s controversial new Hate Crime Act will cost Scotland’s Justice system more than £1,000,000, not including costs for awareness-raising, documents show. A freedom of […]
Offensive Speech – a letter to The Herald
This letter appeared in The Herald on Monday 14 June. Sir, Adam Tomkins’ first column for The Herald (Free speech matters – even when it’s […]
Questions for Candidates
Ahead of the May 6 election, it’s important that the issue of free speech, and the Hate Crime Act in particular, is kept on the […]
Eleventh hour wrangling over Hate Crime Bill a cause for alarm, campaigners say
PRESS RELEASE Campaigners have criticised a last-ditch attempt to fix free speech provisions in the Hate Crime Bill, days before a final vote on the […]
Time to pause hate crime plans
Jamie Gillies, Free to Disagree spokesman One year after the government published its contentious Hate Crime Bill, the clamour over these plans shows little sign […]
English law chiefs say dinner table chats should not come under hate crime laws as Scot Gov takes opposite approach
The case for a ‘dwelling defence’ in Scottish Government hate crime proposals has been bolstered after English law chiefs abandoned a plan to scrap a […]
Time to pause hate crime plans
Dear MSP, We the undersigned have serious concerns about Part 2 of the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime and Public Order Bill, and increasingly so in […]
Take action to defend free speech
Stage 2 scrutiny of the Hate Crime Bill will begin on Tuesday 2nd February. Make sure you have your say before proceedings begin. On Tuesday, […]
‘Hate Crime Bill could stop women speaking out on trans issues’
Women who speak out on trans issues could find themselves accused of ‘stirring up hatred’ under contentious hate crime proposals, MSPs have heard. During a […]
