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Scottish National Party votes in favour of raising enlistment age to 18

by Feryal Awan | Oct 13, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Peace & Security

On Sunday 8 October, the Scottish National Party (SNP) voted overwhelmingly in favour of raising the minimum enlistment age from 16 to 18.  SNP’s youth branch, which tabled the motion, used our research and other resources to argue that joining the armed forces under...

Health federations call Ban Treaty a “significant forward step” toward elimination of nuclear weapons

by Feryal Awan | Sep 20, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Press Releases, Peace & Security

The following joint statement has been released by IPPNW, the World Medical Association, the International Council of Nurses, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations on September 18, 2017. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opens for...

Catastrophic spread of cholera as war, siege and political instability batters Yemen

by Feryal Awan | Aug 25, 2017 | Blogs, Peace & Security

Written by Yemeni Physician and Public health specialist, Nada Taqi, for Medact. This article is part of a blog series drawing attention to overlooked conflict zones. The series examines man-made disasters, which despite causing years of human suffering and...

North Korea crisis: Reckless threats from both sides must stop – IPPNW Statement

by Feryal Awan | Aug 10, 2017 | Blogs, Headlines

  The already dangerous crisis in Korea has escalated further with the reckless rhetoric emanating from both the United States and the Democratic Republic of Korea. The wild threats issued by both sides only inflame an already explosive situation. If acted on...

British Military Recruitment and Marketing: Targeting Disadvantaged Young People

by Feryal Awan | Aug 8, 2017 | Blogs, Peace & Security

This is part of a blog series ahead of  the global Medact/IPPNW Health Through Peace conference in York. Click here to find out more about the event and register. Join us on Tuesday 5th September at 2pm roundtable on British Military Recruitment and Marketing....

Doctors urge Britain to take lead on nuclear disarmament – The BMJ

by Feryal Awan | Jul 25, 2017 | News, Peace & Security

Abbie Rimmer reports on Medact letter published in the Daily Telegraph today (25 July 2017) for BMJ News.

Keeping nuclear weapons is a high-risk gamble – Letter in the Telegraph

by Feryal Awan | Jul 25, 2017 | News, Peace & Security

To coincide with the launch of new Medact report ‘A safer world – Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons’  on Tuesday 25th July 2017, leading UK health professionals wrote a letter in The Telegraph reiterating the international...

Are Government immigration tactics scaring refugees away from vital medical treatment?

by Feryal Awan | Jul 21, 2017 | Blogs, Human Rights, Peace & Security

This is part of a blog series ahead of  the global Medact/IPPNW Health Through Peace conference in York. Click here to find out more about the event and register. Earlier this year, the UK government and NHS digital struck a data-sharing deal that allows immigration...

New report on UK’s continued possession of nuclear weapons in light of the international ban treaty

by Feryal Awan | Jul 18, 2017 | Actions, Headlines, News, Peace & Security

The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess any nuclear weapons. Yet the UK continues to keep and modernise its nuclear weapons at huge cost and risk to life, and is increasingly seen as out of step with the rest of the world.

Response from BMA to Medact letter re: Palestinian hunger strikes in Israeli prisons and detention centres

by Feryal Awan | Jul 12, 2017 | News, Human Rights

A response has been received from Dr Mark Porter, Council Chair of the British Medical Association to the Medact letter which raised concern regarding the possible forced feeding and force treating of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention...

First Ambush: New Report Evidences Detrimental Health Consequences of UK Military’s Practice of Child Recruitment

by Feryal Awan | Jul 11, 2017 | Blogs, Peace & Security

Feryal Awan & Adrienne Milner, Queen Mary University of London Long-standing allegations that Sean Benton, a young soldier, found dead at the notorious Deepcut army base, had suffered prolonged physical and psychological bullying will finally be investigated –...

Health professionals call for an end to the recruitment of children by the UK armed forces

by Feryal Awan | Jul 11, 2017 | Press Releases, Peace & Security

In response to a new report, published this week by Veterans for Peace UK, exploring the effects army training and employment has on new recruits, Medact, the non-profit advocacy organisation for healthcare professionals, calls for an end to the recruitment of...
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