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#HungerForFreedom: Practical notes from a doctor for hunger strikers

by Dr Frank Arnold | Mar 7, 2018 | Headlines, Resources, Human Rights

In light of the hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood IRC, we publish practical notes for people on strike produced by Medact trustee Dr. Frank Arnold.

Support for doctors working in immigration detention centres

by Dr Frank Arnold | Mar 5, 2015 | Blogs, Human Rights

Torture and doctors’ dual obligation Support for doctors working in immigration detention centresIn recent years, colleagues and I have examined several hundred asylum seekers giving histories of torture but subjected to immigration detention. Our experience accords...

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