A lecturer has been targeted by a far-right political group during a University of Glasgow campaigning session.

Generation Identity Scotland posted photographs on social media showing local members hanging posters accusing a member of staff at the university of "racism" for supporting the "demographic replacement of Europeans". 

The university has now said that the posters, which appear to have been put up on Sunday, have suince been removed and that the lecturer in question is being supported following the incident. 

A spokesperson for the University of Glasgow said: "Free speech is an important and enduring feature of our campus.

"Whilst we support the rights of anyone to hold a position that others may find to be challenging or provocative, we are also clear that we will not tolerate harassment or abuse of any group or individual members of staff or of students, and that this includes verbal abuse, hate speech and inappropriate online posts and comments.

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"A number of posters from the organisation Generation Identity have been removed from university premises.

"Specific permission is required before any literature is displayed and no such permission was either sought or granted."

The individual who was targeted by GID Scotland had previously challenged the political views of Generation Identity's UK leader on social media. 

Generation Identity have been compared with the “alt-right” in the US, with some calling them a 'neo-fascist' group. On their website, they openly oppose islam and globalisation, as well as claiming that the "indigenous European population is being replaced by non-European migrants".

The group have previously had materials removed from both the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University aimed at recruitment. 

Generation Identity Scotland have been approached for comment. 

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