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THOUSANDS of women executed for witchcraft in Scotland could be pardoned after nearly 300 years.
A private member’s Bill clearing the names of those convicted has won the support of the SNP-Green administration in Holyrood following a Witches of Scotland campaign.
SNP MSP Natalie Don’s Bill could make into law as early as next year.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland