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  • Medical Appeal: No War in Europe!

    February 15, 2022
    Medical Appeal: No War in Europe!

    Medical professionals call for diplomacy to avert a humanitarian disaster


  • ICAN Cities Appeal

    March 2, 2021
    ICAN Cities Appeal

    Join us in taking action to encourage your local council to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, by joining the ICAN Cities Appeal.


  • Nuclear Weapons Are Banned!

    January 19, 2021
    Nuclear Weapons Are Banned!

    On Friday 22nd January, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is entering into international law! Help us spread the word about this historic event by joining our social media action at midday, and tune in to Musicians for Peace & Disarmament’s concert to mark the occasion in the evening.


  • 50th state ratification of the Nuclear Ban Treaty marks a significant milestone for a global movement

    October 25, 2020
    50th state ratification of the Nuclear Ban Treaty marks a significant milestone for a global movement

    This blog outlines the implications of the imminent entry into force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty, and calls for more to join the movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons.


  • CAAT Reading Group – Coronavirus & The Arms Trade

    August 24, 2020
    CAAT Reading Group – Coronavirus & The Arms Trade

    Watch our Peace and Security Campaigner, Reem Abu-Hayyeh, lead a reading group for our friends at Campaign Against the Arms Trade on the topic of Coronavirus and the Arms Trade.


  • Responding to coronavirus ─ intersections with war, militarised violence and the arms industry

    April 21, 2020
    Responding to coronavirus ─ intersections with war, militarised violence and the arms industry

    Medact Peace & Security Campaigner Reem Abu-Hayyeh looks at the legacies of war and militarised violence, their impacts on countries’ ability to respond to coronavirus, and how the UK could act to right injustices.


  • The Lancet editorial on Kashmir: Letter of support from Medact, PHM-NA and PHM-UK

    January 13, 2020
    The Lancet editorial on Kashmir: Letter of support from Medact, PHM-NA and PHM-UK

    We sent a letter with the People’s Health Movements North America and UK to The Lancet, showing support for their editorial on Kashmir published in August 2019 on the consequences of India revoking Article 370.


  • “Do No Harm” – Medact meeting on war, arms trade & health

    October 10, 2019
    “Do No Harm” – Medact meeting on war, arms trade & health

    We held a meeting on 30 September 2019 to discuss the intersections between health, war, the arms trade and human rights.


  • Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

    August 13, 2019
    Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

    In response to the sentencing of 11 Turkish doctors to 20 months in prison for a statement made against the military offensive in Afrin, Syria, Medact has urged the UK […]


  • End the cycle of violence: 270 health workers take action against UK DSEI Arms Fair

    July 5, 2019
    End the cycle of violence: 270 health workers take action against UK DSEI Arms Fair

    Our open letter in protest against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London this September – fighting to stop the sale of arms to countries complicit in mass human rights abuses.


  • Either Civil Rule or Everlasting Sit-in

    June 13, 2019
    Either Civil Rule or Everlasting Sit-in

    Since December 2018, protests across Sudan have been taking place almost daily – with healthcare workers playing a central role. In this piece, we provide the background to the ongoing struggle and platform the voice of Dr. Mohammed Abdelraoof Hussien, a doctor in Sudan.


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