CCHR Reissues Call for Ban on Psychiatric Restraints Amid Global Concerns
Mental health industry watchdog says psychiatric restraints need to be banned in the U.S. and worldwide as part of ending coercive psychiatric practices. By CCHR…
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CCHR Joins Global Support for Britney Spears’ Human Rights Plea
International mental health watchdog is part of the outpouring of support for Britney Spears’ appeal to take back her life from a psychiatric mechanism that…
UN Calls Electroshock Treatment of Kids at Massachusetts School “Torture”
The Boston-area’s Judge Rotenberg Center educates and treats enrollees ages 3 to adult, all of whom are struggling with severe emotional, behavior, and psychiatric problems, including autism-like disorders. And for about half of the 250 students here, undesirable behavior means getting hooked up to a special machine and administered an electric shock.
“Stop the Chinese Government’s Psychiatric Torture of Falun Gong Practitioners”
During the thirteen session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group, together with the Conscience Foundation, submitted a report on the Chinese government’s psychiatric torture of Falun Gong practitioners to various human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and to members of UN Human Rights Council.