More British academics nominate Cuban medics for international Peace Prize
Erica Burman and Ian Parker have joined six other British academics in making formal nominations to award Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Catch up on our meeting with Gerardo Hernandez and Richard Burgon MP
To mark the sixth anniversary of the release of the Miami Five (17 December 2014), we were honoured to welcome Gerardo Hernández for a live discussion with Richard Burgon MP.
First member of the House of Lords to formally nominate Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for a Nobel Peace Prize
Thank you Baroness Christine Blower for being the first member of the House of Lords to formally nominate Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for a Nobel Peace Prize.
British child health expert formally nominates Cuban medics for Nobel Peace Prize
Imti Choonara, Emeritus Professor in Child Health at the University of Nottingham has officially nominated Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Choonara, who is an expert on health care in Cuba and has spoken and written about Cuban medical care becomes the sixth British academic to receive acknowledgement of their formal nomination from the Nobel Prize Committee.
British academic receives confirmation of Nobel nomination for Cuban medics
Dr John Yandell, Associate Professor at University College London’s Institute of Education has become the fifth British academic to formally nominate the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee acknowledged receipt of his on 3 December. Five academics and eight parliamentarians from Britain have now made official nominations in recognition of the humanitarian work of the Cuban internationalist health workers who have been volunteering in 39 countries during the coronavirus pandemic.