Scotland declines to introduce misogynistic harassment law

Campaigners criticise proposal to specify gender only as an aggravation to hate crimesCampaigners calling for an end to violence against women have expressed disappointment after an independent review of hate crime laws in Scotland stopped short of recommending a new offence of misogynistic harassment.The retired judge Lord Bracadale, who was commissioned by the Scottish government to undertake a root and branch review of hate crime legislation at the end of 2016, has proposed that gender should