by Rhianna Louise | Oct 17, 2016 | Headlines, News, Peace & Security
Medact’s new report on the long-term impacts of the British military’s recruitment of children under the age of 18, presents evidence linking ‘serious health concerns’ with the policy, and calls for a rise in the minimum recruitment age. The report’s findings...
by Rhianna Louise | Sep 21, 2016 | Actions, Campaign Updates, Sign-Ons, Peace & Security
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been directly involved in the destruction of Yemen’s health system and the targeting of hospitals and other health facilities in Yemen. On Wednesday 21 September, the Medact Arms and Militarisation group handed in the following...
by Rhianna Louise | Aug 9, 2016 | Blog, Peace & Security
With thanks to Medact Trustee Frank Boulton Nagasaki: a catalogue of errors Seventy one years ago in the early hours of August 9, the mission to drop a second atomic bomb on a Japanese city was launched. Three days previously, the first ever nuclear bomb attack had...
by Rhianna Louise | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Peace & Security
On Monday (July 18th, 2016), the UK Parliament voted to renew Trident, Britain’s nuclear weapons system, on which around 6% of the annual defence budget is currently spent. The hours of debate in Parliament revolved mainly around jobs and the fragile state of global...
by Rhianna Louise | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog, Peace & Security
Rhianna Louise, Peace and Security Project Officer at Medact Ben Clavey, Coordinator of the Medact Arms Control Group With thanks to Ben Griffin, Coordinator of Veterans for Peace UK, Peace Direct and the Iraq Body Count Project. This morning, members of the Health...
