Met Police re-opens war crimes case on Britons fighting for Israel

• Post author:DANIA AKKAD
• Post published:23 July 2026
• Post last modified:23 July 2026

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into UK nationals who fought in Gaza. The Metropolitan Police Service has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into UK nationals who fought for Israel amid the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed. The 240-page referral was first submitted by the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in August 2025. It alleged that ten UK nationals – including dual citizens – had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)…

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Police misogyny has filed women — But racism compounds these failures with fatal consequences

• Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:17 July 2026

Police forces across the country have repeatedly failed to protect women and girls, with the Metropolitan Police frequently exposed as one of the worst offenders in allowing misogyny to persist within its ranks. These institutional failures do not simply undermine trust in policing; they compound the trauma experienced by victims and survivors of violence against women and girls. For Black women, however, the consequences of these failures can be even more devastating. When racism compounds an already entrenched culture of misogyny, discrimination and disbelief, it leaves Black women facing male violence more exposed and further denies them the protection, justice and…

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Refuge hope police reforms signal the “beginning of a future where women feel protected”

• Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
• Post published:13 July 2026
• Post last modified:14 July 2026

As of the 13 July, new regulations have come into effect for all police forces which will impact vetting procedures and suspensions. The government is rolling out the “complex and wide-ranging” rule change as part of its pledge to end violence against women and girls (VAWG). It follows a campaign from the charity Refuge, ‘Remove the Rot’, which kicked off in 2023 and subsequently found a “shocking scale of police-perpetrated VAWG” which meant women and girls could not trust the police to protect them. Refusing to allow there to be no place to turn for justice, the domestic abuse charity pushed…

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Defend Our Juries hit with five police raids over alleged Palestine Action video

• Post author:Joe Glenton
• Post published:11 July 2026
• Post last modified:11 July 2026

Defend our Juries activists have been hit with five police raids in one day. The campaign group said the raids were linked to Palestine Action solidarity messages. Three raids were originally reported on 10 July according to an X post: Defend Our Juries can confirm that at least three home raids have taken place this morning. Individuals who have shared videos online declaring support for the unjustly proscribed direct action group Palestine Action were arrested. Saving lives is not terrorism. HOME RAIDS Defend Our Juries can confirm that at least three home raids have taken place this morning. Individuals who have…

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Police raid homes of Defend our Juries supporters

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:10 July 2026
• Post last modified:10 July 2026

Police have raided at least three homes of supporters of the ‘Defend Our Juries’ (DOJ) group, using terror legislation to detain individuals and seize devices. The arrests were in relation to the Starmer regime’s ‘proscription‘ of anti-genocide direct action group Palestine Action (PA). The ban classifies PA alongside the likes of ISIS and al-Qaeda as terrorists. Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 makes support for the non-violent group a criminal offence punishable by up to fourteen years in prison. The groups says that the raids targeted: Individuals who have shared videos online declaring support for the unjustly proscribed direct action…

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Chronically distrusted Met Police inundated with FOI requests

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:8 July 2026
• Post last modified:8 July 2026

London’s controversial Metropolitan Police force is apparently inundated with a “significant volume” of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Public trust in the Met regularly ranks as very low. An automated response, seen by the Canary, to one journalist’s FOI request reveals that the Met is unable to handle the number of inquiries it receives. FOI requests are made by the press and public alike. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), public bodies and government organisations are legally bound to transparency access. The FOIA stipulates a 20-day timeframe for bodies to respond within. The automated response, shared with the Canary…

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Police tell immunocompromised protesters wearing masks ‘get arrested and plead after’

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:8 July 2026
• Post last modified:8 July 2026

Police have told a campaign group for the families of people suffering a reduced immune system that they will be prosecuted for wearing masks at protests. The police also told them they will have to use their health issues in court as part of their defence. The Clinically Vulnerable Families (CVF) group played a major role in the Covid inquiry and represents people who could become seriously ill, or even die, from infections most of us would shrug off. Immunocompromised people wear masks in public as a defence against such infections. But the Police and Crime Act Section 157 criminalises the…

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Greater Manchester Police found ‘disproportionately’ anti-antifascist

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:7 July 2026
• Post last modified:7 July 2026

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) used “disproportionate and unnecessary force” in policing anti-racist and antifascist protesters, according to monitoring groups. The antifascists were there to oppose Britain First marching through Manchester on Saturday 18 April 2026. The new report from Netpol, the Network for Police Monitoring, found that the police consistently used “disproportionate and unnecessary force” against antifascist protesters. The 42-page report, titled ‘One Day in Manchester: the policing of the antifascist counter-protest against a Britain First demonstration in Manchester, Saturday 18th April 2026‘, launched in Manchester on 7 July. The policing of the Resist Britain First anti-racist demonstration on 18 April…

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London Met Police expands facial recognition cams, sold as ‘public safety’

• Post author:Grace
• Post published:23 June 2026
• Post last modified:23 June 2026

The Metropolitan Police has announced plans to expand its deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London. The Met Police force is planning on having the intrusive scanning technology set up in Soho and the West End by December 2026. Over the following year, six more areas across London are slated to follow. However, civil liberties organisation Big Brother Watch has called these plans: an alarming escalation of an intrusive technology which has already scanned the faces of millions of innocent Londoners. Likewise, the privacy campaigner also highlighted the recent high-profile case of Alvi Choudhury. The young British-Asian man was…

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Far right now say police SHOULDN’T hit suspects in head

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:16 June 2026
• Post last modified:16 June 2026

Once again, white riots have erupted across the UK; these supremacist uprisings were fanned by the agitators who glorified police officers kicking a prone man in the head back in April. Now, however, the shoe is on the other skull: Was the way to get the right to care about police brutality just showing them when it happens to white people all along? https://t.co/wCpegp6PJm — JimmyTheGiant (@jimthegiant) June 14, 2026 Police do not protect people To make something clear up front, we’ve always opposed police brutality, regardless of who the victims are. And this is far from the first time police…

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Police chiefs face questions over decades of political policing as Spycops Inquiry resumes

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:15 June 2026
• Post last modified:15 June 2026

On Monday 15 June, the Spycops inquiry resumes and campaigners will be looking for answers. Tranche 3 Phase 3 of the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) is beginning. And it’ll be a crucial stage in the investigation into the Metropolitan police’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS). The Inquiry has heard evidence from former undercover officers and many of those whose groups, campaigns and personal lives they infiltrated. It’s now turning its attention to the senior officers and government departments who authorised, supervised and oversaw these operations. For many of those affected, this phase goes to the heart of the Inquiry. The key question…

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Eslamdoust faction calls police to remove TSSA president from conference, then suspends

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:14 June 2026
• Post last modified:15 June 2026

The faction supporting the TSSA rail union’s deeply unpopular general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust has called police to remove the union’s president from the chair of its annual conference. Former TSSA assistant general secretary broke the news on his social media feeds: Unbelievably, the @TSSAunion Executive Committee has tried to remove the President from Annual Conference in contravention of the Rules, and he has refused to leave the chair. So the Police have been called!!! — Steve Coe (@stevecoe1057) June 13, 2026 When police refused to intervene in a civil dispute, the rail union then found a pretext to suspend Adam Wilson…

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Polanski question leads Khan to reveal he told police to investigate Great Israeli Real Estate event

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:12 June 2026
• Post last modified:12 June 2026

London mayor Sadiq Khan has condemned the Great Israeli Real Estate event, scheduled for Sunday 14 June in London. This came in response to a question from Green Party leader and London Assembly member Zack Polanski at Mayor’s Question Time. The event promotes the sale of land in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli property sector is trying to make inroads in the western market. Actress and questionable ‘wellness’ advocate Gwyneth Paltrow has recently sold her face to developers. Polanski said: It is morally incomprehensible and unconscionable that this event is scheduled to take place in our city…

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Police rule out hate crime in arson attack on Imam’s home

• Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
• Post published:12 June 2026
• Post last modified:12 June 2026

Bolton Imam Hassan Patel has released CCTV footage of a masked arsonist setting fire to his family home in a shocking arson attack. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) are reportedly not treating the incident as a hate crime. However, local Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi called out the clear Islamophobia at play. Likewise, Green leader Zack Polanski highlighted PM Keir Starmer’s silence on the incident, sharply contrasting the response to recent similar crimes. A ‘serious and callous’ arson attempt Reports state that the arson attack took place in broad daylight, on the evening of Wednesday 10 June. The target, a house on Eastgrove…

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David Lammy denies police are ‘institutionally racist’

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:7 June 2026
• Post last modified:9 June 2026

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, David Lammy has denied that the police are institutionally racist. In doing so, he referenced the Casey Report — a report which found evidence of institutional racism in 2023. Lammy claimed the force has moved on since then, which is surprising to hear, because the Met refused to accept the findings of the report: And when the report was published the head of the Met police refused to accept the finding that the force was institutionally racist.https://t.co/WA6oTjcQGW — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 7, 2026 David Lammy — Left in the past Justice secretary and deputy PM David…

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Met police suggest Number 10 lied about Mandelson emails

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:7 June 2026
• Post last modified:9 June 2026

The latest batch of Peter Mandelson’s emails proved to be less explosive than expected. While they certainly told us more about what we already knew, they didn’t tell us much else. This is why the real controversy ended up being what wasn’t there. Downing Street would later claim the Met asked the government to hold back certain messages. Now, the Met have disputed this claim. Starmer and McSweeney's project is a governance nightmare addicted to dishonesty. The glaring, unmitigated conflicts of interest re: Palantir are scandalous. As I wrote in the preface to The Fraud: this is a lawless and reckless project…

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Sánchez must act against Spanish police after brutal attack on pensioner protester

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:4 June 2026
• Post last modified:9 June 2026

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has a solid record of resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But he must now show emphatic action against Spanish police after another brutal attack on peaceful protesters. In late May, police in Bilbao launched a vicious and unprovoked attack on volunteers of a humanitarian flotilla as they returned from abduction by Israel as they tried to reach Gaza. Now, as teachers were peacefully protesting in Valencia for public education and better pay, a 68-year-old retired teacher was cold-bloodedly shoved over from behind without warning. The 31 May 2026 attack slammed the woman’s face into the road…

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Nowak’s tragic death another incident where police get it fatally wrong

• Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
• Post published:4 June 2026
• Post last modified:9 June 2026

The Chief Constable of Hampshire Police told the BBC that the footage of officers arresting Henry Nowak while he lay bleeding from stab wounds left him feeling as “distressed” as the wider public. Officers handcuffed Nowak and read him his rights despite his obvious injuries. Ultimately, the court sentenced his killer, Vickrum Digwa, to a minimum of 21 years in prison for the murder. Prosecutors will soon continue proceedings against Digwa’s mother for allegedly concealing the knife used in the attack. However, it has clearly emerged that police officers failed to respond appropriately to Nowak’s injuries despite his repeated pleas for…

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Watch: Netherlands police thug brutally flings pregnant Palestinian woman backwards to floor

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:31 May 2026
• Post last modified:9 June 2026

A Netherlands police thug has been caught on camera viciously throwing a visibly pregnant Palestinian asylum-seeker backwards to the floor in an unprovoked attack. Several other officers stood by and did nothing to prevent the attack or to restrain the thug afterward. The attack was perpetrated on 29 May 2026 in an asylum centre in Zeist, near Amsterdam. It is yet another example of European state brutality toward refugees and and anti-genocide activists: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/nl-thug-asylum.mp4 Netherlands — Early birth The video quickly went viral. The woman had approached police to ask to be allowed to remain with her husband during detention. She…

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Police offered Manchester cafe owner cash, immunity to grass on Palestine Action

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:31 May 2026
• Post last modified:8 June 2026

Greater Manchester Police offered cafe-owner Shams Sadiq cash — and carte blanche to commit ‘certain’ crimes — if he would inform on anti-genocide group Palestine Action (PA) and his fellow Muslims. Sadiq, from Didsbury, was approached when he went to collect devices the police had confiscated after a 2025 raid connected to the group. The Starmer regime unlawfully banned PA as a terror group in 2025 at the behest of the Israeli government and lobby groups. The government is still trying to overturn the High Court’s ruling that the ban breached human and free speech rights. Police continue to arrest people…

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