Last week we joined UK-China Transparency & The Hong Kong Scots 🧡 to speak to MSPs, researchers & councillors about the impact of #CCP influence in #Scottish universities. Thanks all who came along & engaged Ross Greer Collette Stevenson MSP Gillian Mackay MSP John Mason Cllr Kayleigh O'Neill ⛅ Cllr Dræyk van der Hørn 🌲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍🌳

#Hongkong Journalists Association 香港記者協會 HKJA moved their fundraiser concert online, citing 'irresistible force'.

Cases of suspected Chinese espionage in Europe reut.rs/3xIgg28

The UK again attempts to bend truth on #Rwanda . This time around it was Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP on BBC Radio 4 Today. New dispatch for Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Another point of note with regards to this trial: three of its defendants (Cheung Chun-fu, Cheung Ming-yu and Yum Man-him) were among 12 Hongkongers who were intercepted by Chinese coastguards in August 2020, when they attempted to escape to Taiwan on a speedboat.

🚨 More huge news in Germany

An assistant to the far right's lead candidate in the European elections is arrested, suspected of spying for China.

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Peaceful protest is not a crime. Any government which says otherwise needs to fall and fall hard.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

The Balmoral Hotel, the number 44 and a bit of haar

© Dave Coulson Photography

#edinburgh #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

Looking forward to the Conservative party questioning these housing transactions ⬇️

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Here’s the This £7.25m Berkshire stately home bought in July 2020 by Zoe Ley.

Ley made £20m brokering a VIP PPE deal alongside former Tory MP Brooks Newmark ➡️goodlawproject.org/broker-bought-…

A bit of Trainspotting on a haar morning

© Dave Coulson Photography

#edinburgh #ThePhotoHour #StormHour

He and his entire government are absolute scum. We need genuine accountability including a thorough investigation into the last 14 years of misgovernment.

This

FFS pathetic
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