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Freelance journalist specialising in human rights and social issues.
New study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
Many of the women the Independent's honoured represent loyalty and obedience to a system of ultra-capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy.
In a defining moment for the climate crisis movement, Lady Justice Carr heard an extraordinary mass sentencing appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice on behalf of the ‘Lord Walney 16’.
Forget the fear-mongering about a flight of the super rich. The reality is they're not going anywhere.
How this year's Client Earth summit tackled the cow in the room...
The Australian Prime Minister has urged Biden to let the WikiLeaks founder return home, as he waits in London's Belmarsh prison for his next court hearing.
Amid a cost of living crisis, a public less enthralled by the monarchy, and a rise in his wealth, is it time to stop king Charles's funding?
The UK ranks third in funding deforestation projects, and indigenous communities are the first to pay the price.
Monarchs hold sway over 43 states worldwide; the UK should take the lead in dismantling this archaic system of unaccountable power.
A new bill passed by the UK Government has reopened deep wounds in Northern Irish politics.
Politicians, landlords and the media have celebrated the financialisation of domestic property. But as the housing crisis deepens, what happened to the basic human right?
Kate Bermingham reports on how the law is being used to make up for climate change failure, as three major cases head towards the ECHR.
Last week the Special Immigration Appeals Commission ruled that Sajid Javid's decision to revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship in 2019 was lawful. The ruling casts further doubt on 23-year-old Begum's hopes of ever being reunited with her family in the UK.
Canary guest writer Kate Bermingham looks at the horrific situation for pregnant women and babies in prisons, and asks why little has changed.
The Met’s institutional racism is inevitable given its key inspiration: the policing model used to quell Irish anti-colonial resistance.
Canary guest author Kate Bermingham argues that, during Mental Health Awareness Week, we need to reframe this crisis as a political one.
A mother has been convicted of forced marriage, in the first case of its kind in the UK, after her daughter was forced to marry a man double her age.
Michelle Bachelet is the new UN High Commissioner for human rights. A torture survivor and the first female president of Chile, it's worthy news - so why haven't we covered it?
As Ireland prepares to head to the polls about rights, in an abortion referendum, we take a look at all the numbers you need to know.
A new inquiry has been launched into children in detention after reports of unlawful restraint and solitary confinement.
It's cheap with a wide range of health benefits - but there's a shortage of teachers and NHS provision is patchy.
Despite a lack of formal powers, the positive local impact of health and wellbeing boards should not be underestimated. Kate Bermingham reports.
