MEDIA RELEASE issued Thursday, 1 February 2018 The Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia) has expressed its grave concern at the arrests by the Turkish Government of all 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association’s Central Council for their statement on the public health consequences of war. MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham said, “MAPW in Australia […]
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No cause for celebration in exporting death and destruction
PM Turnbull’s claim that it’s all about “jobs” is a contemptible fig-leaf for forcing people into the business of war profiteering.
Nuclear disarmament unrealistic? So is keeping the bombs and surviving
Opinion article by Dr Margaret Beavis, – board member of ICAN (Australia) and the Medical Association for Prevention of War. Published by the Canberra Times on January 1st 2018 As we look back on the past year, one issue that abruptly came into focus was nuclear weapons. On the one hand, North Korea aggressively tested […]
ICAN’s Beginnings
Making Waves – ICAN Tour 2018
ICAN Speaking Tour 2018 Making Waves is a speaking tour featuring nuclear survivors from Japan and Australia, traveling aboard Peace Boat’s voyage to Oceania in January-February 2018. Public events, meetings and media opportunities will take place in five cities. The Tour is a collaboration between Peace Boat and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, […]
Nobel Peace Prize 2017 – MAPW Congratulates and Celebrates with ICAN
MAPW congratulates and celebrates with ICAN the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to this outstanding campaign which is achieving so much towards our goal of a nuclear weapons free world. The award will be presented in Oslo on Sunday, 10 December, very late evening (not so late for our friends and colleagues in […]