Tomás Pizarro-Escuti

Far-right protests in Aberdeen are escalating, targeting asylum seekers with abuse & threats. This is causing fear, disruption & possible criminal offences. Police must act with the same urgency shown elsewhere. Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequence.

For three weeks in Aberdeen, far-right groups have targeted people seeking asylum. This is escalating from nightly abuse to physical and death threats. A disabled man was racially abused and another ambushed. People are targeted going to the mosque.

The legal aid crisis means 'equality of arms' in Scotland's JP courts is a myth. Like pitting plate armour against a potato peeler. If solicitors can't afford to be there, why not permit lay representatives in criminal proceedings? Urgent reform is needed. #AccessToJustice #LawScot

'Help, pioneers needed' — Inside legal aid and immigration crisis in the north-east of Scotland Tomás Pizarro-Escuti from the Grampian Regional Equality Council calls on migration law firms and solicitors to bring crucial services and support to Aberdeen’s international community.

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It pains me to witness the collapse of the rule-based post-war order. The ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and now Kashmir reflect a disintegrating international system that, despite its imperfections, represented a significant civilisational advancement.

#Photo of Seaton Park, #Aberdeen, #Scotland.

Thank you Gabriele!

#Scotland #Photography #Aberdeen

I wonder how this would affect other areas like Aberdeen, for example. We are the second largest dispersal area, second only to Glasgow. However, there are no legal aid immigration solicitors in North East Scotland.

Courageous, yet humble; righteous, yet gentle. A man who displayed greatness in simplicity.

May all Catholics take the banners of social justice, equality and ecology.

All that remains is hope. Gracias Papa Francisco.

#Photos of the beautiful Old Aberdeen Campus, #Scotland.

Another spring #photo of of #Aberdeen, #Scotland.

#Photography

Spring in old #Aberdeen

#Photography #Scotland

Another beautiful spring in #Edinburgh #photo.

The Scott monument, built in memory of Sir Walter Scott—one of the best novelists in Scotland and a renowned freemason.

#Architecture #Photography #Scotland

Seaton Park

#Scotland #Photography #Aberdeen

Bonnie #Aberdeen

#Architecture #Photography

Netanyahu visits Hungary as Orbán vows to defy ICC arrest warrant Israeli prime minister begins four-day trip after Hungarian counterpart says court ruling would ‘have no effect’

A geneodicial criminal next to a reckless clown.

Will 'Liberation Day' transform the world?

Σήμερα ο Τραμπ ανακοινώνει το μπαράζ δασμών, προς "φίλους και εχθρούς", και για αυτό χρίζει την σημερινή μέρα "Ημέρα Απελευθέρωσης". Στο άρθρο αυτό συγκρίνω το σημερινό Τραμπικό "σοκ" με εκείνο του Νίξον το 1971. [Χρησιμοποιείστε Google Translate ή Deepl] unherd.com/2025/04/will...

The WS library. What a beautiful place!!

#Edinburgh #Photography #Architecture

The University’s new Edinburgh Futures Institute

#Photography #Scotland #Edinburgh

The human face of all those bullshit, blue tick Twitter accounts full of racism, lies, cowardice & cruelty…

Scotland's most senior judges reveal concerns over dwindling number of lawyers The country’s two most senior judges, who are both retiring next week, have raised fears over a lack of criminal defence solicitors.

Barriers to a legal aid career are high. The DPLP—our so-called “gateway”—costs about £10,200, yet SAAS offers only £7K for tuition and £4.5K for living. With annual living costs of £12–15K (£17.5K in Glasgow), it's really more of a golden gate for those that can afford it.

#law #scotland #news

The man who should have been our PM.

The UK is supplying weapons to a country whose leader is wanted for war crimes.

How much simpler can we put it?

Being a UoA student I can tell Dundee University will have a remarkable Rector. Congratulations!

He's off with the fairies

The stoic swan

#photography #Scotland

High Court finds that three men were unlawfully accommodated at Wethersfield - Free Movement Three individual claimants have succeeded in a judicial review claiming that they had been unlawfully accommodated at the former RAF base in Wethersfield. The

New from Free Movement: High Court finds that three men were unlawfully accommodated at Wethersfield | Sonia Lenegan

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