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Footballer launches race discrimination case against Airdrie FC

Footballer Rico Quitongo has launched a racial discrimination case against his former club Airdrie and one of its directors. The 22-year-old claimed he was racially abused by a fan during a game last year, but the club dropped an investigation into ...

30 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Footballer felt ‘unsupported’ by club after racism during game, tribunal told

A footballer felt “unsupported” by his club after hearing a fan had shouted racial abuse at him during a game, an employment tribunal has been told. Rico Quitongo has taken his former club Airdriedonians FC and one of its directors, Paul ...

16 Jun 2022 at 18:29

Scotland

No ‘real and concrete harm’ in gender reform law, says human rights chief

A human rights body has said it has identified no “real and concrete” concerns over Scottish Government proposals to reform gender recognition legislation. Ministers have proposed to remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender ...

21 Jun 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Discourse around GRA ‘reminiscent’ of treatment of gay men, says charity

Discourse around proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland is reminiscent of the treatment of gay men in decades past, the director of an LGBT charity has said. In the first public evidence session on the ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Scottish Government to ‘carefully consider’ mental health law review

The Scottish Government has said it will “carefully consider” the more than 900-page long, final report of a review of Scotland’s mental health laws. The Scottish Mental Health Law Review was set up in 2019, chaired by ...

30 Sept 2022 at 16:23

Civil servant who alleged race discrimination receives ‘substantial settlement’

A civil servant who brought a race discrimination case to challenge her treatment in the workplace is receiving a substantial settlement from Scottish Ministers. Rose Quarcoo, who was employed by the Crown Office and ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:53

Northern Ireland

Call for action to tackle barriers faced by disabled people in NI

Action needs to be taken to tackle barriers faced by disabled people living in Northern Ireland, human rights and equality commissioners have said. Coming together in their joint role as the Independent Mechanism in ...

03 Dec 2022 at 10:59

Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour candidate at next election, Starmer confirms

Corbyn ‘will not stand at next election as Labour Party candidate’, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has for the first time unequivocally barred his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election as he invited his critics to leave the party. On an ...

15 Feb 2023 at 17:19

Scotland

New First Minister urged to pass human rights legislation

Scotland’s new First Minister should pass human rights legislation without delay, the Scottish Human Rights Commission has said. The statutory commission urged Humza Yousaf to prioritise the proposed Human ...

30 Mar 2023 at 11:25

Corbyn set to be blocked as Labour candidate at next election

Jeremy Corbyn is set to be blocked from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election, with Sir Keir Starmer set to bring a motion confirming the move to a meeting of the party’s ruling body....

27 Mar 2023 at 09:53

MPs warned to use careful language to prevent trans people being targeted

Politicians must be careful in how they speak about trans people to prevent them being “targeted in an inappropriate way”, a minister has said. Minister for women Maria Caulfield urged MPs to be mindful ...

12 Jun 2023 at 21:00

Watchdog ‘seriously concerned’ about Migration Bill’s impact on human rights

The human rights watchdog said it remains seriously concerned about the impact of the Government’s controversial migration laws on vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women and trafficking ...

28 Jun 2023 at 13:13

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