Speakers include former CIA operative Valerie Plame, SNP economic advisor Andrew Wilson and Scottish writer Magnus Linklater

AN ECLETIC line-up of headliners will address some of the most pressing issues of the modern age, as well as paying tribute to the relevance of history at the upcoming Beyond Borders International Festival this summer.

The notorious detention centre has been condemned as an affront to human rights for almost 20 years; what will it take to finally be rid of it?

THAT Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre is housed around a retrofitted Victorian hunting lodge, where the Duke of Hamilton would once spend his summers, is oddly appropriate.

Rooftop protest by detainees over conditions at Dungavel on 13 July

A DETAINEE at the notorious Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre has ended a hunger strike embarked upon last week in protest at his treatment by the Home Office, but continues to demand that he be released ahead of his upcoming appeal so he can be with his family, outlining to CommonSpace horrendous conditions in the facility which led to a rooftop protest on Friday [13 July].

Spain’s new government has pledged to exhume General Franco’s remains from their infamous tomb, describing it as a “divisive symbol”

PLANS by Spain’s new government to exhume the body of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco from its state-funded mausoleum have been protested by over 1,000 Francoist sympathisers, who rallied outside of Franco’s tomb over the weekend.

The national assemblies will be addressed by Growth Commission chair and corporate lobbyist Andrew Wilson, and will then be split into smaller groups for discussions

THE SNP has revealed further details of the three National Assemblies announced at its party conference last month for members to debate and discuss the recommendations of the SNP Growth Commission report released earlier this year.

NUS Scotland president Liam McCabe said any attempt to monitor protests against Donald Trump’s UK visit would encroach on “the privacy of citizens of Scotland, and their right to protest freely”

THE PRESIDENT of the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland has condemned any attempt by authorities to monitor or limit lawful protest, following reports that Police Scotland has been contacting student associations in Edinburgh seeking information about activist groups involved in protests against US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Scotland.

Following their meeting at Bute House, both leaders agreed that in “21st century Europe issues of self-determination must ultimately be addressed through democratic referendums”

CATALAN ACTIVISTS have welcomed the outcome of the historic meeting between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Catalan President Quim Torra yesterday [11 June], characterising the symbolic strengthening of ties between the two nations as “a great achievement.”