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ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn’s visit to UK’s Trident nuclear weapons base at Faslane
On her recent trip to the UK, ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn visited Scotland and the naval base at Faslane where Trident nuclear weapons are housed.
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The Recruitment of Children by the UK Armed Forces – a critique from health professionals
This report considers 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 […]
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A call on St George’s Hospital Trust to respect migrants’ rights to care
Within the UK, over the past decade or more, we have witnessed a movement toward increasingly restrictive policy around entitlement to healthcare for those without a defined immigration status. This […]
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New report on the Recruitment of Children by the UK Armed Forces
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 […]
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Letter from one GP to another – a personal plea to Dr Liam Fox MP to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia
What follows is the text of a letter sent by Medact Member and trainee GP Sarah Alhulail to Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, and a former […]
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Medics call for an end to arms sales to Saudi
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 […]
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Syria’s double refugees: Palestinians forced to risk everything to reach Europe
Rohan Talbot is Campaigns and Media Officer at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), a partner organisation in the Health through Peace movement. The Medact Refugee Solidarity Group (MRSG)** supports MAP’s campaign […]
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The Health Impacts of the Small Arms Trade
By Oliver Yerby, member of the Medact Arms and Militarisation (MAM) group.* Oliver is a fourth year medical student studying in Nottingham with a particular interest in peacebuilding, human rights […]
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A collection of Nuclear Weapons resources
The effects of Nuclear War have been analysed by a number of campaign and medical groups, below is a selection of useful resources. Reports The concluding report from the Trident […]
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The City of Hiroshima – Peace Declaration
Medact has received a letter from the Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, along with a copy of their Peace Declaration. The Medact Hiroshima Appeal 2016 has just been launched, and it will enable […]
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Nagasaki, and the futility of history’s only nuclear weapons attacks
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 […]