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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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Doctors urge Britain to take lead on nuclear disarmament – The BMJ
Abbie Rimmer reports on Medact letter published in the Daily Telegraph today (25 July 2017) for BMJ News.
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Keeping nuclear weapons is a high-risk gamble – Letter in the Telegraph
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 […]
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6 reasons to believe in nuclear disarmament
Our new report calls the UK Government to account for aggressive nuclear weapons policies and continued funding of Trident.
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Health Through Peace 2017 – Programme
See the latest speakers and sessions for the coming Medact Forum / IPPNW World Congress
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UN votes to start negotiating a ban on nuclear proliferation
First committee of the UN General Assembly votes for a resolution mandating negotiations on a ban on Nuclear Proliferation On Wednesday October 26th, during its 71st session, members of […]
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Nobel Laureates call for negotiations to begin on banning nuclear weapons
Nobel Prize Laureates have joined the many others who are calling on the United Nations to begin negotiations on a new international agreement to ban nuclear weapons. At the United […]
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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 […]
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Hiroshima Day Appeal 2016
As the majority of countries across the world press ahead to reach a legally binding nuclear weapons ban treaty, the UK government appears determined to replace the Trident system. Under […]