Tag: Human rights

The corporate media has recently been supporting US sanctions against independent governments in Latin America. And while ignoring the clear ...

Six trade union leaders in Cambodia received two and a half year suspended prison sentences on 11 December. They were also ...

The US has just imposed crippling sanctions on Nicaragua, which John Bolton recently branded part of a so-called 'Troika of Tyranny'. ...

Remember George W Bush's 'Axis of Evil'? Well Donald Trump is resurrecting the concept. US national security advisor John Bolton ...

A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister is accused of breaching an international treaty. To make matters worse, her ...

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor wants to execute five people known for their peaceful activism. One of the five is Israa al-Ghomgham ...

Alan Moore, the comic book writer who brought us V for Vendetta and Watchmen, has "briefly come out of retirement". He's ...

A high-level trade union leader has spoken out exclusively to The Canary, saying what the mainstream media won’t about the ...

A Jewish activist in the US has said Israel apologists must stop "crying wolf" over antisemitism. He also implored us all ...

On 23 July, a London casting agency advertised for extras to 'protest' outside Downing Street. This coincided with a visit ...

Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk-rock band and activist collective, has claimed authorship of the World Cup final pitch invasion on 15 July. ...

Women in Iran have risked arrest to dance in public on the streets. In a brave act of peaceful defiance, ...

The UN has launched an almighty investigation into the Conservative government, the Guardian has revealed. The UN’s special rapporteur on ...

On 19 June, the US announced it was pulling out of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) - just as ...

In August 2017, the UN accused the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and successive Conservative-led governments of creating a ...

Russian police have arrested and charged a leading UK human rights activist with protesting near the Kremlin during the World ...

On 11 June, parliament discussed the counter-terrorism and border security bill in a Commons chamber that was almost entirely empty. The Canary ...