Activists are facing up to 25 years in prison for saving lives at sea
On 18 November, 24 human rights activists are on trial for saving refugees' lives at sea. They were arrested on ...
Tag: Human rights
With a 99.7% conviction rate, it’s time the Israeli military courts went on trial
The system of dragging Palestinians before Israeli military courts is seemingly little more than a sham. In 2011, +972 Magazine ...
The UN is preparing to investigate the UK government again – and it will look at the DWP
A UN committee is gathering information ahead of another investigation into the UK government. It's over its adherence to the ...
An ex-UN investigator has written another damning report on the UK government
A report has raised human rights concerns regarding decades of failed government privatisation in the UK. A campaign group said ...
Biden’s first Guantanamo transfer is too little, too late. We need to shut it down!
US president Joe Biden recently made the first transfer of a Guantanamo Bay detention center detainee since he entered the ...
Priti Patel’s immigration bill could make the RNLI criminals
Priti Patel's controversial new immigration bill has thrown up a troubling possibility: that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's (RNLI) volunteers ...
European human rights commissioner urges the UK not to curb protests via Police Bill
Europe’s human rights commissioner has warned that the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill could have a “significant impact” ...
The DUP’s non-apology for its anti-LGBTQI+ bigotry is an utter joke
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, whose party opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriage, said people can hold ‘deeply held views’ in a ...
Woman arrested at Sarah Everard vigil preparing for legal action against the Met
Images of Patsy Stevenson being handcuffed and held down by two male officers sparked anger at Scotland Yard’s policing of ...
The UK military should stop recruiting children, human rights organisations say
The UK military must stop recruiting under 18s, a coalition of human rights groups has urged. An open letter to ...
A 14-day global campaign demands justice for victims of Bolivia coup
On 10 November 2019, the democratically elected government of Evo Morales in Bolivia was overthrown by a US-government supported military ...
Strife in Colombia has been brewing for decades. Here’s why we hear so little about it.
For the last week, waves of civil unrest have rocked Colombia. Intense press attention has gone alongside condemnation of the ...
The government is back in court over the climate crisis
Three young people are taking legal action against the UK government over its failure to act to prevent the climate ...
UK abortion services amounted to ‘torture’ and ‘breached human rights’
As part of the #OurLivesOurStories series, The Canary has spoken to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) after it launched ...
The first southern US state abolishing the death penalty should give pause to British politicians and lawmakers
The mid-Atlantic US state of Virginia has moved to abolish the death penalty. This will make it the 23rd US ...
Shamima Begum to find out next week if she can potentially return to the UK
She was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State ...
Chile police shoot dead unarmed street artist in broad daylight sparking riots
Chile’s militarised police force carabineros shot a street juggler in the Chilean southern town of Panguipulli on Friday 5 February ...
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