Mohamed Elmaazi
The Canary
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As the world celebrates Press Freedom Day, Julian Assange remains in Belmarsh prison
As people worldwide celebrate the UN’s World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, WikiLeaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange remains incarcerated. The US continues to demand Assange’s extradition for his role in obtaining and publishing national defence documents from 2009 to 2011. The leaks, provided by US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, are known as the Guantanamo Files, the Iraq War Logs,… → Read More
New investigation reveals terrible conditions for UK asylum seekers held in ex-military barracks
Over 400 UK asylum seekers are being ‘accommodated’ in conditions said to be unsanitary, overcrowded, and degrading, according to a new report by Shadia Edwards-Dashti for RT. ‘Worse we than anticipated’ In Napier Barracks | Asylum seekers reach boiling point, Edwards-Dashti reports from Folkestone, Kent where a former military housing block has been repurposed. Asylum seekers told the… → Read More
Yemeni journalist blasts UN for 'whitewashing' Saudi killing of children
Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in the country’s capital, Sana’a, has accused the UN of “whitewashing” the crimes of the Saudi-led coalition in his country. While speaking to The Canary, in an exclusive interview, Arrabyee called the recent decision of the UN secretary general António Guterres to remove the coalition from its annual list of child killers a “disaster” and a “big… → Read More
Guerrilla artists use the Houses of Parliament as their agit-prop canvas
Guerrilla artists and activists have used iconic buildings in central London as their canvasses. On Saturday evening, they projected an image of a riot police officer in a helmet with his index finger pressed against his lips. A member of independent artists a/political explained to The Canary that their work seeks to highlight artistic projects which might otherwise not see the light of day.… → Read More
US surveillance company's involvement with NHS is 'crossing a red line', warns civil liberties group
A CIA-linked company implicated in human rights violations → Read More
Police pay damages after admitting they unlawfully forced a Muslim woman to remove her hijab
Police have settled a claim against them after accepting that they unlawfully demanded a Muslim woman remove her hijab (religious headscarf) at Heathrow airport. The police also took a photo of Asiyah (not her real name), her fingerprints, and a DNA sample all by using the controversial Schedule 7 powers of the Terrorism Act 2000. The incident occurred in October 2018 when she had just arrived… → Read More
French Yellow Vests hold large solidarity demo for Julian Assange at Belmarsh prison
Members of the French Yellow Vest protest movement organised a demonstration outside of Belmarsh prison in solidarity with incarcerated publisher Julian Assange on 25 January. Two coaches with a hundred people from different French cities departed from Paris at 8pm on Friday evening and arrived the next morning in Woolwich, South East London. Corinne Henry, a Yellow Vest organiser, told The… → Read More
UK government accused of 'normalising' killing people by drone
The British government has been normalising assassination by drone through a veil of “quasi-secrecy” and careful media manipulation, according to Drone Wars UK. The UK-based group published the report In The Frame on 19 January. It argues that remote-controlled assassination has become more accepted as the government characterises high profile targets as ‘the worst of the worst’, who pose an… → Read More
Prevent programme must be abolished in order to tackle politically motivated violence, say experts
Prevent hasn't and won't create "peaceful coexistence" → Read More
As expected, Tony Blair blames left-wing policies for Labour’s loss
Former prime minister Tony Blair has called for a ‘renewal’ of the Labour Party after blaming what he termed “the far left” for its election defeat on 12 December. Blair oversaw the neoliberalisation of the Labour Party from the 1990s into the early 21st century. Perhaps unsuprisingly then, he’s now arguing that the socialist policies proposed by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour never have and never will… → Read More
Veterans for Peace UK solemnly commemorate tragedy of war and its victims
Veterans for Peace UK (VfP UK) commemorated the lives lost through war on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph war memorial in London on 10 November 2019. The Canary was in attendance as approximately two dozen VfP UK members marched down Whitehall towards the Cenotaph, on a crisp cold day with a bright blue sky. Behind the VfP UK members were supporters and family members slowly following them… → Read More
Waterstones shuts down book launch exposing the antisemitism witch hunt against the left
A torrent of “threats” and ‘abuse’, allegedly levied against Waterstones in Brighton, resulted in the cancellation of a book launch on antisemitism and the Labour Party. Pluto Press and Waterstones announced that they were “delighted to host an event to mark the release of Bad News for Labour: Antisemitism, the Party and Public Belief” on 23 September. But the bookstore then updated its website… → Read More
Labour conference fringe event exposes the harsh reality of UK national security apparatus
Open your eyes. → Read More
Activist artists expose the dark reality of war to resist UK arms fair
As The Canary has been reporting, the first two weeks of September have seen an explosion of resistance and rebellion against the UK’s arms industry. Among the actions has been a series of artistic events called Art the Arms Fair, designed to reveal and resist one of the world’s largest arms fairs, Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI). The Canary visited three galleries in… → Read More
Twitter's new policy on 'state-controlled news media' should concern us all
Uh-oh! → Read More
Harassment campaign fails as Chris Williamson event goes ahead in Brighton
A campaign of harassment, abuse and threats has failed to prevent an event with Chris Williamson MP. A total of three separate venues cancelled bookings for a discussion about socialism and inequality in Brighton.The first cancellation was by Brighthelm Church and Community Centre, after an intervention from Labour MP Peter Kyle. The second cancellation followed ‘abuse’ and ‘threats’, directed… → Read More
'Abuse and threats' against Holiday Inn lead to cancellation of Chris Williamson event
The Holiday Inn Brighton cancelled a speaking event following a flurry of “abuse and threats”. Chris Williamson, MP for Derby North, was due to speak about tackling “the outrageous levels of poverty and inequality” by way of “a democratic socialist economy”. But the Holiday Inn Brighton informed the organisers on 6 August that it had no choice but to cancel the event. “Abuse and threats from… → Read More
Former US colonel blasts end of nuclear treaty as 'extremely dangerous'
Two minutes to midnight. → Read More
Chris Williamson supporters call for leadership to 'get a backbone' outside Labour HQ
On 9 July, demonstrators outside Labour HQ said the party’s leadership needs to “get a backbone” and come out in support of its membership. People on the scene told The Canary that up to 200 people were there to ask the National Executive Committee (NEC) to readmit Chris Williamson into the party. The Campaign for Chris Williamson reported that the NEC is expected to make its decision on 9 July.… → Read More
Asked about urban decay and homelessness, Trump offers senseless, babbling answer
Donald Trump recently gave a remarkable response to a question about “filth” in US cities from Fox News host Tucker Carlson. In an interview that must be seen to be believed, Trump babbles incoherently when discussing the problem of poverty and homelessness. > It’s disgraceful. I’m gonna maybe – and I’m looking at it very seriously, we’re doing some other things as you probably noticed like… → Read More