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How anti-trans activists forced Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre into lockdown

Hounding of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre’s director part of a pattern of attacks on trans-inclusive feminist groups

How anti-trans activists forced Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre into lockdown
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre director Mridul Wadhwa - Adam Ramsay
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Edinburgh’s Rape Crisis Centre had always kept its front door open so survivors could walk in whenever they needed help.

But last autumn, after staff at the centre took advice from the police, the door was shut and locked. And after they consulted with security experts, a new, stronger inner door was added.

When openDemocracy went to interview them, access was through a buzzer system.