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  • by Dr Issam Hijjawi

    Speech by Dr Issam Hijjawi, intended to be read on his behalf at a protest organised by Edinburgh Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee (EGGEC) outside the German Consulate, Edinburgh on Sunday 14 April 2024

  • by Richard Haley

    SACC briefing on the new definition of extremism announced by Michael Gove on 14 March 2024

  • Cover of The Long View, Vol 6 Issue 1

    Richard Haley looks at the ways support has been constructed in the west for Israel's genocidal project in Gaza. He contends that three issues have been key to opening the door for this next stage of annihilation being unleashed since October 2023 on the Palestinians.

  • by Paul O'Hanlon
    Protest for peace in Ukraine

    An analysis of the media coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from Thursday February 24th 2022 to Tuesday March 15th 2022 – 20 days.

  • Message from Dr. Issam Bassalat’s wife, thanking everyone who has helped her husband

  • SACC is proud to announce that it has joined 46 partner organisations around the world to support the International Witness Campaign.

  • Issam Hijjawi

    Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of "Operation Arbacia", which resulted in the arrest of our friend the Scottish Palestinian activist Issam Hijjawi Bassalat.

  • Have children been targeted in Scottish schools over their support for Palestine? If so we want to know about it, and we can help.

  • by David Hildebrand
    Calais jungle, 2016

    Migrants and refugees are faced with an array of challenges upon arrival in the UK, including legal barriers that prevent access to employment, housing and healthcare, and more generally, a lack of opportunities to interact with others.

  • Maghaberry prison, 19/11/2018

    Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Naomi Long, responds to concerns over the treatment of Dr Issam Hijjawi Basalat in Maghaberry Prison.

  • Counter terrorism response level notice

    The new Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2020 will not enhance public security.

  • by Richard Haley
    Badreddin Abadlla Adam

    Badreddin Abadlla Adam was shot dead by police after he attacked people with a knife. There may be circumstances in which firearms are the correct response to a knife, but they will be very rare. So what happened?

  • by SACC
    Police outside the Scottish Parliament, 2013

    An outine of lockdown law in Scotland and your rights.

  • by Richard Haley
    Sheku Bayoh

    On 21 March the Scottish Government announced the terms of reference for the public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh. It remains to be seen whether Sheku Bayoh’s family will finally obtain justice.

  • by Richard Haley
    Demo in support of Rojava, Paris

    Police forces around the UK have been categorising campaigners as "domestic extremists". Political policing has to stop. The starting point is to scrap the UK's terrorism laws and counter-extremism policies

  • by Richard Haley
    Otheristani, an animated poem by Talha Ahsan

    Otherstani is a newly-released animation of a poem by Talha Ahsan.  Talha wrote the poem during his time in prison where he spent 8 years across the UK and the United States without trial.

  • Hajo Meyer

    Speech by holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer at a public meeting in the Augustine Church, Edinburgh on Saturday 23 January 2010.

    "Only people who are already dehumanised due to indoctrination and propaganda are able to dehumanise others. These occupation forces are not really human. A great part of the Israeli population, not all of them, is dehumanised after three generations"

  • by Richard Haley
    No war with Iran, Edinburgh 9 Jan 2020

    Speech at No War With Iran protest organised by Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition on the evening of 9 January 2020. We need to demand that British and US troops get right out of the Middle East, right now. And while they’re at it, covert operatives and private military contractors – mercenaries to you and me – need to get out too.

  • Islamophobia Conference 2019, Ibtihal Ramadan speaking

    The sixth annual IHRC/SACC Islamophobia Conference took place on 14 December 2019 with concurrent events in London and Glasgow. This year's conferences focussed on the relationship between Islamophobia and the widely-noted shrinkage of civil society space. Report and videos.

  • launch of the inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland

    Submission to the Inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland conducted by the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group (CPG) on Tackling Islamophobia from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC)