George Floyd’s birthday is marked by a call to tackle systemic racism
14 October is George Floyd's birthday. Floyd's murder by a police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked widespread protests ...
Tag: racism
Tory MP dropped from charity role after allegedly making racist remark
The MP for North Wiltshire admitted mixing the two up but said the mistake was not racist.
The first anniversary of Lamont Roper’s death reminds us we must continue to resist state violence
7 October 2021 marks the first anniversary of the death of Lamont Roper, a young Black man who died during ...
Campaigners reignite calls for a ban on school exclusions
Campaign group No More Exclusions has reignited calls for a moratorium on school exclusions following prime minister Boris Johnson's cabinet ...
Police brutalised another schoolboy. Scrapping stop and search is long overdue.
Content warning: the video below contains footage some readers may find distressing On 20 September, footage emerged of Metropolitan Police ...
US police kick boxer Amir Khan off flight for ‘no reason’
The 34-year-old boxer alleged he had been ‘banned’ by American Airlines.
Disproportionate and discriminatory pandemic policing threatens public safety
New research published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) suggests that policing during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic disproportionately targets ...
One 20 second video shows the importance of solidarity with those behind prison walls
Last week, The Canary published allegations of racism and rising Islamophobia in two UK prisons, HMP Long Lartin and HMP ...
The ‘war on terror’ couldn’t have happened without mainstream media
As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, The Canary has partnered with advocacy organisation CAGE. The organisation's International Witness Campaign is commemorating ...
‘Ignorant, clueless and incapable’ – Gavin Williamson mistakes Maro Itoje for Marcus Rashford
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he had met England footballer Marcus Rashford online when he had in fact met rugby ...
Prison officers have allegedly ‘upped their racism towards Muslims because of what is going on in Afghanistan’
Several allegations of Islamophobia and racism in UK prisons have been made in the past weeks. Campaigners are linking increased ...
Campaigners and families demand action on police use of tasers
On 25 August, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) published a review of the police's use of taser in England ...
TUI faces a day of action over its role in deportation flights
Travel giant TUI actively runs government deportation flights from the UK. Now, it's facing a day of action against its ...
Haitian earthquake survivors are asking people to support grassroots organisations
Heavy rain from Storm Grace has drenched Haiti after an earthquake devastated the nation. The earthquake killed over 2,000 people, ...
Kill the Bill: protests happening again across the country
Correction: this article was updated on 23 August at 14:45 to clarify that the report into the Kill the Bill ...
Divisive rhetoric about which refugees and asylum seekers deserve safety must stop
The UK government has announced its resettlement scheme for 20,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban's sudden takeover of the country. The ...
The Olympics is over, but its problem with Black athletes clearly isn’t
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games drew to a close on 8 August, but the repercussions of its racist, transphobic policies ...
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