This following essay, by one of the organizers of MindFreedom South Africa, was written in the wake of the Mad Pride 2007 vigil in Cape Town South Africa. David Robert Lewis calls for a broader social movement that includes cognitive rights, as well as bodily and psychological integrity, so that South Africans can feel safe…
Info MindFreedom Maine Report: MindFreedom Members Challenge Bias by Kitty Dukakis in Electroshock Book. MindFreedom Maine reports about their vigil that said “No” to electroshock, and to bias in media and books about electroshock. Their peaceful vigil in Boston remembered those killed and harmed by electroshock human rights violations. Updated 23 October 2007. MindFreedom Maine…
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…
Info This is a news release issued by MindFreedom Lane County of Oregon, USA. Tracey Dumas, PhD MindFreedom Lane County News – 24 July 2007 Tracey Dumas, PhD withdraws her application to Lane County Mental Health Advisory Committee (MHAC) Says false rumor is “last straw.” A prominent leader in the mental health consumer/psychiatric…
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 You can speak out at four (4) public hearings in the next two weeks in New York State to oppose their practice of giving forced, involuntary electroshock over the expressed wishes of the subject! Say No! New York State government is aggressively pursuing forced electroshock of its citizens. MindFreedom New York Alert…
Info Opal launch Info about the launch of Opal network in May 2007. New Network for Mental Health Empowerment in Lane County Launched A new alliance called the “Opal Network” is beginning in Lane County, Oregon to support the voice, empowerment and self-determination of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. All agencies involved with mental…
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…