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The National 5th June 2021, Secret papers reveal the UK spied on anti-nuclear campaigners. SCOTTISHnanti-nuclear groups were spied upon by the British state in the 1970s and 1980s, according to documents released by police to the spycops inquiry.
Previously secret papers reveal that undercover police officers, known as spycops, claimed to have “penetrated” the Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace (SCRAM), Friends of the Earth and the Torness Alliance during protests against the building of a nuclear power station at Torness in East Lothian.
Activists involved with the protests told The Ferret that spycop units had been a “threat to democracy” and “outrageous”. Anti-nuclear campaigners had been wrongly branded as a terror threat “second only to the IRA”, they said. The Metropolitan Police said that undercover policing is “vital” to fight terrorism and “serious crime” in order to keep the public safe. Undercover officers infiltrated campaign gro
The mammoth Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) started on Wednesday
It will look into at the activities of the Met s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS)
For around 20 years, the practice of using dead children s identities became embedded in a secret police unit, Heather Williams QC said at inquiry on Friday
She said relatives who had seen the callous misuse of their loved ones identities wanted to know if the abuse was necessary, or served a purpose