Info The 2007 Thomas J. Dodd Prize hfor International Justice and Human Rights has been given to Mental Disability Rights International, a sponsor group of MindFreedom International. Here is MDRI’s news release. Eric Rosenthal is an attorney who directs MDRI. Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) Named Winner of the Thomas J. Dodd Prize…
Info Mental Disability Rights International MDRI, a sponsor group of MFI, works for human rights of people all over the world who are have a “mental disability” diagnosis. MDRI Wins International Human Rights Award The 2007 Thomas J. Dodd Prize hfor International Justice and Human Rights has been given to Mental Disability Rights International,…
Info Here’s the latest schedule for the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology conference in October 2007, with information provided by ICSPP as of 25 July 2007. ICSPP is a sponsor group of MindFreedom. Please note this conference is organized by ICSPP and not MFI. Any changes or feedback, please directly contact…
Mad Pride South Africa 2007 Cape Town, South Africa reports about a Mad Pride 2007 event. MAD PRIDE CAPE TOWN REPORT by David Robert Lewis ethnopunk@yahoo.co.uk A small crowd gathered to celebrate Cape Town and South Africa’s first Mad Pride near District Six, site of forced removals during the apartheid era. Although few in number,…
Info PRAWI-New Zealand PRAWI is a sponsor group of MindFreedom International in New Zealand led by Anna de Jonge. PRAWI stands for Patients’ Rights Advocacy Waikato Incorporated. Former mental health patients to sue A New Zealand newspaper, The Press, covers the mass lawsuit by hundreds of psychiatric survivors against the New Zealand government. New Zealand…
Info In Cork, Ireland, Mary Maddock, one of the founders of MindFreedom Ireland, submitted an official petition to the government of Ireland, and a copy of the text is here. Mary challenges the legality of Irish policy on forced psychiatric drugging. Mary presented the petition to the European Union Petitions Committee durings its tour of…
Info In Cork, Ireland, Mary Maddock, one of the founders of MindFreedom Ireland, submitted an official petition to the government of Ireland, and a copy of the text is here. Mary challenges the legality of Irish policy on forced psychiatric drugging. Mary presented the petition to the European Union Petitions Committee durings its tour of…
Info Protests were held on Mothers Day, 13 May 2007, in Ireland, Toronto and Montreal. Here are photos and reports from all three. MindFreedom Ireland Protests Electroshock in Cork on Mother’s Day 13 May 2007 in solidarity with protests in Toronto & Montreal. For report and photo from Toronto protest click here. For report…
Info Mary Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland has written a book with her husband Jim about her escape from psychiatry and activism to change it, called “Soul Survivor.” Mary Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland launches her new book Soul Survivor (co-author husband Jim is on left). MINDFREEDOM IRELAND – PRESS RELEASE – 11 DECEMBER 2006 ‘Soul…
Info Mary Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland has written a book with her husband Jim about her escape from psychiatry and activism to change it, called “Soul Survivor.” Mary Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland launches her new book Soul Survivor (co-author husband Jim is on left). MINDFREEDOM IRELAND – PRESS RELEASE – 11 DECEMBER 2006 ‘Soul…