The DWP just won a court case literally allowing it to ignore disabled people’s human rights
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has just won a court case. It is one which will now set ...
Tag: Human rights
Liverpool will be turning pink this weekend as an international conference takes centre stage
An international conference hopes to turn Liverpool pink this weekend as it takes centre stage to debate, discuss, and showcase ...
Turkey to face allegations of war crimes against Kurds
On 15 and 16 March, a tribunal in Paris will examine accusations of war crimes by the Turkish state against ...
No-one was surprised Theresa May met with the Saudi prince. They are by his other get-together.
The UK government has received plenty of criticism for rolling out the red carpet for Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed ...
Disabled people want to meet Theresa May over the UN’s ‘human catastrophe’ verdict
A coalition of disabled people's organisations (DPOs) has written to Theresa May. It's asking her to meet with them over ...
The UK isn’t likely to ban male circumcision anytime soon. But we should still strongly oppose it.
The Icelandic government has proposed a law that would ban male circumcision for non-medical reasons. Following the move, anti-circumcision groups ...
We’ve seen the contract between the UK government and G4S. This explains a lot.
My colleagues and I at Duncan Lewis Solicitors* have seen the contract between the UK government and G4S for the ...
The DWP has now sunk so low it’s in court trying to block human rights laws
Just when you thought the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) couldn't sink any lower, it has. Because it is ...
Liam Fox wants Britain to get closer to a man who just ordered soldiers to shoot women in the vagina
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his soldiers to shoot female rebels in the vagina. And people around the world ...
UK government slammed in the High Court for failing to consider the rights of Muslims in detention
The UK government failed to consider the rights of Muslim detainees in Brook House immigration detention centre, ruled the High ...
UK government and G4S in court after forcing immigration detainees to defecate in front of cellmates
Immigration detainees have taken the UK government and G4S to court for locking them up in "disgusting" detention conditions at ...
Jeremy Corbyn wins an award for world peace and the silence from the mainstream media is deafening
10 December is Human Rights Day celebrating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. And on 8 ...
A 27-second film is a stark reminder that the refugee crisis is far from over [VIDEO]
Artists Min-Hyung Choi and Valentin Guiod have linked the physical and mental endurance of refugees and migrants with Olympic athletes. They worked with ...
Theresa May’s deal with the DUP could now cost us our human rights
Jeremy Corbyn put forward a motion for the UK to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after Brexit. But ...
For this Irish family, a four-year nightmare just ended. But hundreds more people are still suffering.
One Irish family's horrific ordeal is now coming to an end. Because Egypt is finally releasing an Irish citizen after ...
Society is ‘failing’ bisexual people in ‘just about every way’. But one man wants to change that
A prominent bisexual campaigner has been nominated for a high profile award. But far from the accolade being about putting ...
UK government oversees a 635% increase in arms sales to regimes that torture, abuse and kill citizens
The Conservative government has overseen a 635% increase in arms sales to regimes that abuse human rights. In the 22 ...
The Canary
PO Box 71199
LONDON
SE20 9EX
Canary Media Ltd – registered in England. Company registration number 09788095.
For guest posting, contact [email protected]
For other enquiries, contact: [email protected]
The Canary is owned and run by independent journalists and volunteers, NOT offshore billionaires.
You can write for us, or support us by making a regular or one-off donation.
© Canary Media Ltd 2024, all rights reserved | Website by Monster | Hosted by Krystal | Privacy Settings