Alex/Rose Cocker, Author at Canary

20 March 2023

On Saturday 18 March, around 400 anti-trans protesters gathered in Melbourne, Victoria for a 'Let Women Speak' (LWS) event. Of...

Roadblocks and a no-confidence vote as Macron pushes French pension reforms without a vote

17 March 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron is now facing intensified protests and a no-confidence motion in parliament. This comes after he pushed...

An anti-gay crackdown is gripping East Africa

15 March 2023

Kenya, like its neighbours, is in the grip of a brutal cost of living crisis, and is facing its worst...

Cyclone Freddy returns, killing over 100 in Malawi and Mozambique

14 March 2023

Cyclone Freddy killed more than 100 people in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa's mainland. It tore...

Refugees in a boat off the Italian coast as more have died coming from Libya

Italian PM gathers ministers at recent shipwreck site as EU meets on migrants once again

9 March 2023

Far-right Italian PM Giorgia Meloni gathered her ministers on 9 March for a meeting near the site of a recent...

Windrush campaigners sue government over Braverman's rejections

EU home affairs chief warns Braverman’s asylum plan may be illegal

9 March 2023

Britain's plan to refuse to allow asylum seekers arriving in small boats the right to claim asylum may breach its...

A Republican talking head called for the ‘elimination of transgenderism’ – but the UK beat him to it

6 March 2023

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On 4 March, American commentator and media host Michael Knowles called for the elimination of “transgenderism” at a Conservative Political...

HMP Lancaster as an example of UK prisons where trans women may be held

Trans women prisoners policy update bars nearly all from the female estate – but that was already the case

3 March 2023

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Content warning: This article contains discussion of genitals and sexual assault. On 25 January, the government announced an update to...

Ofgem cuts energy price cap by nearly a quarter, but bills will still rise

27 February 2023

UK regulator Ofgem has announced a lower cap on sky-high energy bills from April. However, buyers will still pay more...

As another refugee boat sinks off Italy’s coast, Giorgia Meloni is criminalising civilian search and rescue

27 February 2023

At least 62 refugees died after their boat sank early on 26 February in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria...

candles are lit at a vigil in front of a photo of Brianna Ghey

Rest In Peace, Brianna Ghey: trans teen receives outpouring of love in the form of vigils and tributes

21 February 2023

On 11 February, 16-year-old transgender girl Brianna Ghey was found with fatal stab wounds in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington....

Tory MP Lee Anderson's portrait in reference to his comments on capital punishment

Lee Anderson’s support of the death penalty is from the National Front’s playbook

10 February 2023

Lee Anderson MP has given an interview to right-wing rag the Spectator in which he called for the reinstatement of...

HSBC bank storefront - Chinese government accused of human rights abuses of Hong Kong citizens via British banks

UK banks ‘complicit’ in suppressing rights of Hong Kong exiles according to parliamentary group

9 February 2023

British banks are "complicit" in China's "gross human rights abuses of Hongkongers". This is because they refuse Hongkongers' access to their...

Church of England Synod debates proposals to bless same-sex civil marriages and partnerships

8 February 2023

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The Church of England will today debate plans enabling priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples. However, there are deep...

UK Athletics is going a step further in its trans exclusion by seeking to change government policy

7 February 2023

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UK Athletics (UKA) has issued a statement asking the government to change the law relating to transgender athletes. It's asking...

Liz Truss’s threatened comeback is just another example of the zombie politics that grips the UK

7 February 2023