La Cour pénale internationale a reçu aujourd'hui le prix Sakharov 2026 par le Parlement européen ! Ce prix honore chaque année le combat pour la démocratie et la liberté de pensée. Un message de résistance face aux attaques de l'administration Trump qui veut démanteler la CPI.
Dr Rubin Minhas
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Doctor | BMJ Author | Medicine, Ethics & the Governance of Human Rights | Views are my own | Reposts & Likes ≠ endorsements
The violence experienced by our colleague, barriers to reaching medical care and growing restrictions imposed on Palestinian communities are not coincidental. Read our statement: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
www.bmj.com/content/395/... "The 2025 UN Commission concluded that sexual and gender based violence was used to “further accentuate the subordination of the occupied people” and “maintain the Israeli system of oppression. "
"Metaphorically and physically, the rest of Europe is also burning...We’re experiencing an extreme weather event, and the political and media inattention to the climate emergency is a scandal." ~ www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Sovereignty: an old idea redefined for a better world
Who owns our health service? Who owns our data? Who owns us? These questions are hitting us hard as a combustible mix of market forces and artificial intelligence threatens our health services, our da...
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Around £45bn in NHS funding will be diverted from other NHS care by 2036 to pay more for new medicines under the UK-US trade deal agreed last December unless more funding is made available to cover the additional costs, suggests new Analaysis in The BMJ
Health costs of the UK-US trade deal on pharmaceuticals
Samuel Cross, Karl Claxton, and Andrew Hill argue that diversion of billions of NHS funding to pay more for new drugs under the UK-US trade deal will harm public health and result in thousands of exce...
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"The Mann review’s far reaching reforms carry several substantial risks." The NHS must build anti-racism systems that are transparent, fair, and trusted by all, write Rubin Minhas, Aziz Sheikh, and Gene Feder www.bmj.com/content/394/...
“We have a UN report, an independently-verified report, that is now saying that the Israeli Defence Forces, that the Israeli government, are targeting children, not prior to the ceasefire, but post the ceasefire.” - Minister Helen McEntee
That report
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: This new 𝗕𝗠𝗝 analysis examines 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗛𝗥𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 & 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀, and 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘀 within institutional anti-racism policy. www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Detailed, considered and nuanced analysis by David Nicholl and Trish Greenhalgh in this BMJ Opinion paper on, "Should doctors speak of their concerns about the mental health of a president?" www.bmj.com/content/393/...
GPs have won a major protection for patients in their negotiations with NHSE & Govt Guarantee of referral, no target for rejections, clear documentation of Advice and Guidance with Consultant name & GMC number Patient safety is always the priority Govt needs to listen to GPs
PUNITIVE SCRUTINY: when complaint pressure—not evidence—drives regulatory action against doctors. The process is the penalty. The GMC & NHS employers must apply transparent, evidence-based thresholds. New BMJ paper here: www.bmj.com/content/392/... @abierkhatib.bsky.socia @copddoc.bsky.social
Doctors’ freedom of speech must be protected from punitive scrutiny
Public confidence in regulation demands that complaints are handled transparently and judged on evidence alone, write Rubin Minhas , Nick Maynard , Iain Chalmers , and Gene Feder The United Nations ...
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