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Preventing torture – how threats to press freedom threaten world peace
Frank Boulton reflects on the health community’s duty of care to those harmed by torture and oppression at the hands of the state, and what the treatment of Julian Assange means for those exercising press freedom in an ever more authoritarian landscape.
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Spring Appeal: Freedom From Torture
This spring, Medact is appealing for funds to support its Healthcare and Human Rights programme. We will use any money raised to campaign against the denial of healthcare for refugees and asylum seeker and stop medical complicity in torture.
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Medact and RSM Event: Torture – An ethical dilemma for the medical profession?
Medact and the Royal Society of Medicine are holding an event on 29th April: “Torture – An ethical dilemma for the medical profession?” Torture is all too common and widespread; […]