Read the Aol news article covering Medical Justice’s challenge of the Home Office’s Adults at Risk policy.
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Medical Justice quoted in Guardian article covering High Court challenge of the detention of torture victims
Medical Justice challenges the detention of victims of torture in the High Court
Medical Justice challenges the detention of victims of torture in the High Court
Judicial review hearing scheduled Tuesday 7th – Friday 10th March 2017
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Medical Justice report ‘Death in Immigration Detention: 2000-2015’ – now available to download
Read our report on ‘Death in Immigration Detention’, launched on the 20th of July at the Annual General Meeting of Medical Justice
‘Know Your Medical Rights’ in Arabic, Farsi, French, Mandarin, Russian, Somali & Vietnamese!
Our ‘Know Your Medical Rights’ information leaflet is now available in 8 different languages
Medical Justice Basics Medics’ Training Day – 1st October 2016
10.30am to 5.30pm – Saturday 1st October 2016
Venue : TBA (Central London)
Our training is for medics who are interested in volunteering for Medical Justice as medico-legal report writers, visiting detainees in detention centres, assessing their health and documenting evidence of torture or trauma and other health issues.
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Medical Justice Annual Report 2015-16 published
Medical Justice published its 2015-16 Annual Report released at our AGM on 20th July 2016.
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Medical Justice AGM 2016 & launch of report on ‘Death in Immigration Detention’
Join us on
Wednesday 20th July
for an evening of discussion with:
Kris Harris – Medical Justice, author of the report
Jesse Nicholls – Doughty Street Chambers
Ms C- ex detainee
6pm – AGM (members only)
6.30pm report launch (all welcome)
@ Doughty Street Chambers, 53-54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS
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Supreme Court Gives Guidance on Detention of People with Serious Mental Health Problems
The Supreme Court has today given important guidance on the detention of people with serious mental health problems.
Help us End the Detention of Pregnant Women!
Two weeks ago the House of Lords voted to ban the detention of pregnant women. On Monday the amendments will be considered by the House of Commons.
The Royal College of Midwives and Medical Justice have issued a joint statement calling for an absolute ban on detaining pregnant women.
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