Finding the detention of large numbers of distressed victims of torture very upsetting. Immigration detention can cause life-altering harm and injury to vulnerable people. I've seen it and it makes me so angry to see my tax £ used to maim people in need of help. Short 🧵

⚠️Family of mother and three children currently being detained at Brand Street immigration centre. They are being placed in a taxi and moved down to Bradford.

Friends have asked for people to attend asap to stop the taxi from leaving

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No Evictions Network Maryhill Integration Network

West Dunbartonshire Council declares housing emergency | West Dunbartonshire Council scottishhousingnews.com/articles/west-…

'It is [her] openness to the beauty that survives amid the dereliction, & the joy that survives amid the despair, that makes her book so extraordinary.' Here's a wee review I wrote of Jen Stout 's remarkable Night Train to Odesa, which is published today. bigissue.com/culture/books/…

Former Lord Advocate James Wolffe KC at #ShekuBayoh Public Inquiry was asked why when he came into post in June 2016, did it take him until Feb 2017 to meet with the family- today we will hear evidence from Lord Mulholland fmr Lord Advocate

❗️Unfortunately we have confirmed a friend at MIN has been detained while reporting in Glasgow yesterday &now in England.
MP is informed-providing support.

Sharing correct information and staying informed is vital.

Please stay connected- let's hope it does not happen again! ⬇️

As part of the Glasgow May Day programme, for which the theme this year is internationalism, the NUJ Glasgow branch is hosting an event discussing international news reporting.

6.30pm, Thursday 9 May, Community Newsroom, Govanhill

Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-of-r…

With Glasgow's first safer consumption space opening this summer, Churchill Fellow Karin Goodwin's The Ferret podcast discusses the lifesaving potential and limitations of this service, exploring hope, healing & community impact at Toronto's Mosspark Service. Listen now 🎧👇

Kevin Vuong Justin Trudeau Ya'ara Saks יערה זקס If you want to know what it’s actually like on the ground and in a supervised consumption site in Toronto. Listen to this podcast. A rare glimpse in to the moss park cts.

We take them out to the patio and Slim looks at me and he looks at Ian and he comes up and he whispers: “Is it just me or is he yellow?” 😅

At Toronto's Moss Park Consumption and Treatment there's a lot of laughter despite the heartache. Have a listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-p…

A heart-wrenching and essential listen from Karin Goodwin ahead of Scotland’s first safe consumption room opening this summer

A rare glimpse in to a supervised consumption site. Listen to Karin’s podcast about the first OPS in Ontario, Moss Park

'I have so much love and thanks in my daily life for people who taught me how to do this work, but also taught me how to be a good nurse and how to be a better human'

🎧 Listen to our latest podcast now: theferret.scot/heal-saving-li…

Knowledge is Power.

🔹️We need to be mobilised.
🔹️Share correct details and information
🔹️stay alert ⚠️ and watch out for immigration vans and friends
🔹️breath. Panicking is the worse
🔹️connect people who needs support with organisations/group with knowledge

This is your next podcast. Listen up

🚨 Current : on-going raids .

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No Evictions Network *URGENT*

We've just had a call that a Home Office deportation raid is ongoing at Denmilne Street NOW.

Anyone nearby?

This summer, Glasgow will open the UK's first sanctioned safer drug consumption facility. Ahead of its launch, we visited the Mosspark Consumption and Treatment Service in Toronto, to find out the impact of its community-centered approach. Listen now: bit.ly/3WfjYe1

'I have so much love and thanks in my daily life for people who taught me how to be a good nurse and how to be a better human.'

🎧A place to heal: saving lives in Toronto's toxic drug crisis. My latest podcast for The Ferret is now live.

theferret.scot/heal-saving-li…