Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people - and you can thank the British for that (www.thecanary.co)
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New study reaffirms what we all knew – fossil fuel companies plot the path to climate ruin (www.thecanary.co)
A group wants to form a new party to 'transform' politics after Keir Starmer's betrayal of the left (www.thecanary.co)
Transform Politics is the name of a new group looking to form a fresh left-wing party in the UK. It’s made up of individuals and pre-existing parties – and it’s launched its campaign with a flurry of interest on social media, as well as some criticism.
A disabled man is being PROSECUTED for blocking parliament with his MOBILITY SCOOTER (www.thecanary.co)
Disabled activist Neil Goodwin was arrested under the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act outside parliament...
Gender pay gap means women work first two months of the year unpaid - so today is Women's Pay Day (www.thecanary.co)
New Trades Union Congress (TUC) analysis reveals Women’s Pay Day – the day when the average woman stops working for free compared to the average man – is today, Wednesday 21 February. In some industries and in some parts of the country where the gender pay gap is wider, women effectively work for free for even longer...
Israel has just given BP licences to drill for gas off the coast of Gaza. So, people blockaded its head office (www.thecanary.co)
On Wednesday, 6 December, dozens of activists from Fossil Free London assembled outside BP’s London headquarters to protest Israel’s approval of 12 new licences for natural gas exploration off the west coast of Gaza to six companies, including BP....
Italy detains three boats - for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees' lives (www.thecanary.co)
In the space of 48 hours, Italy’s authorities detained three refugee rescue vessels which had just saved hundreds of lives. The news comes as Italy’s far-right government has been cracking down on both refugees and those protecting them – amid over 2,000 people dying in the crossing....
A Dutch court just told its government to stop exporting F-35 parts to Israel as it may be complicit in genocide (www.thecanary.co)
Dutch court F-35 ban: a “clear risk of serious violations of humanitarian law” by Israel...
Israel Redefines Evil, Massacring yet More Starving Civilians Queuing for Bread (www.thecanary.co)
A parking company is taking on the entire Welsh language - by dragging a guy to court over it (www.thecanary.co)
Toni Schiavone will face a third trial for refusing to pay an English-only parking charge notice...
End of the Line for Two Just Stop Oil Protesters as Courts Uphold Draconian Anti-Protest Laws (www.thecanary.co)
Hard Evidence Just Dropped that Shows the British Media is Complicit in Israel’s Genocide (www.thecanary.co)
A Sobering Christmas Reality: Cocktail of Hazardous Pesticides in Wine has Tripled (www.thecanary.co)
A French nationwide study published in the Environmental Research journal suggested that agricultural practices and pesticides used in vineyards could have been linked to the occurrence of Parkinson’s disease....
Labour abstain on bid to criminalise water companies for sewage pollution (www.thecanary.co)
The Owner of a Mine in Yorkshire is Supplying White Phosphorus to Israel (www.thecanary.co)
The drone the IDF used to kill three British aid workers was made in the UK (www.thecanary.co)
Horrific Undercover Footage Exposes the Rampant Cruelty at an Industry-Leading Mink Farm (www.thecanary.co)
A disabled man is being PROSECUTED for blocking parliament with his MOBILITY SCOOTER (www.thecanary.co)
Disabled activist Neil Goodwin was arrested under the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act outside parliament...
The drone the IDF used to kill three British aid workers was made in the UK (www.thecanary.co)
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers – including three Britons – using a UK-made drone. The news only serves to increase pressure on the Tories to ban arms exports to Israel....
'Funeral for Nature' Taking Place Globally this Weekend - with One UK City Set to be 'Bathed in Blood' (www.thecanary.co)
Now the Indian government is being accused of planning a settler-colonial genocide of an entire Indigenous People (www.thecanary.co)
39 international genocide scholars have written to the Indian government warning it that its plans to turn the uncontacted Shompen tribe’s island into a mega-port and city will wipe them out. It accuses the government of planning a genocide – via settler-colonial policies and practices....
Judge Acquits Two Palestine Action Protesters Who Shut Down a Drone Factory Because their Actions were 'Proportionate' (www.thecanary.co)
A New Study Quantifies The Extent of Extractive Capitalism’s Colonial Violence Against Indigenous Peoples Worldwide (www.thecanary.co)
Gaza's Paralympic Cycling Team Could be Blocked from Competing in Paris if Visas aren't Granted (www.thecanary.co)
Company Linked to Unilever & Nestlé is Using Tax Havens to Hide Criminal Deforestation HALF the Size of Singapore (www.thecanary.co)
