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Briefing launch: The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill

by Hil Aked | Nov 15, 2021 | Events, Group, Launches, Online, Talks & Lectures, Human Rights

An event to mark the launch of Medact’s ‘The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill’, which aims to articulate and amplify radical public health voices against the Policing Bill’s approach and explore potential alternatives.

The Public Health Case Against the Policing Bill

by Medact | Nov 15, 2021 | Briefings, Headlines, Peace & Security

This briefing argues that the PCSC Bill’s expansion of police power and prisons will in fact harm public health

‘Kill the Bill’ Research Group: Meeting #8

by Medact | Oct 25, 2021 | Events, Meetings, Online, Human Rights

Meetings to support the creation of a briefing in response to the Kill The Bill movement, explaining why police-led enforcement is not the same as public health and why this Bill will actually harm health.

‘Kill the Bill’ Research Group: Meeting #7

by Medact | Oct 18, 2021 | Events, Meetings, Online, Human Rights

Meetings to support the creation of a briefing in response to the Kill The Bill movement, explaining why police-led enforcement is not the same as public health and why this Bill will actually harm health.

Prevention, not punishment: why health workers must resist the policing bill

by Sarah Lasoye | Oct 18, 2021 | Blog, Peace & Security

As the government seeks to extend policing into spaces of healthcare, co-opt the language of public health, and introduce new practices which will worsen social inequalities rather than resolve them—resistance from the health community is vital.

‘Kill the Bill’ Research Group: Meeting #6

by Medact | Oct 11, 2021 | Events, Meetings, Online, Human Rights

Meetings to support the creation of a briefing in response to the Kill The Bill movement, explaining why police-led enforcement is not the same as public health and why this Bill will actually harm health.

Policing the pandemic

by Aiyan Maharasingam | May 27, 2020 | Blog, Peace & Security

Medact campaigns assistant, Aiyan Maharasingam, examines whether the police are an appropriate instrument of public health policy during the coronavirus pandemic.

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