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European Group Statement in Solidarity with Palestine

We are writing as a group of scholars, practitioners and activists working towards social justice, state accountability and decarceration to reaffirm our solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle for liberation. We express our profound outrage and condemn the genocide of the Israeli state against the people of Gaza since 7…

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Blue Plaque for David Oluwale

by Remember Oluwale in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: We are raising money to fund a blue plaque on Leeds Bridge to commemorate the life and death of David Oluwale. David Oluwale was a British-Nigerian citizen who arrived in Hull in East Yorkshire as a stowaway in a cargo ship from Lagos….

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Primodos, Mesh and Sodium Valproate: Recommendations and the UK Government’s response

Following patient-led campaigns, on the 22nd February 2018, Jeremy Hunt, the then, Secretary of State for Health, commissioned a review into the potentially harmful side effects of three NHS treatments: Primodos; Mesh and Sodium Valproate. As a result, on the 8th July 2020, the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review published the First Do No Harm report. According to Baroness Cumberlege, a life…

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