Shield Alert: Stop David Russell from being forcibly electroshocked
11/19/24: Regions hospital has asked to add clozaril (Clozapine) to the drugs they can force into David. 11/15/24: Annie Singer’s new YouTube Video is now up, Psychiatric Survivor Needs Your Help!!! Pack the Court to Tell the Judge NO FORCED ELECTROSHOCK. November 13, 2024 Update Recent News The hearing date on the the new Petition to…
Shield Alert: Free Joan Aufderheide from unlawful incarceration at an all-male forensic ward at Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center
Update: November 9, 2024 Joan Aufderheide says that her situation is improving. She has a court appointed attorney who is accumulating evidence for her discharge and a hearing has been scheduled for January 8, 2024. On her attorney’s advice, Joan asks Shield members to hold off taking any action on her behalf until the results…
Shield Alert: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment
Update: November 9, 2024 Kedrick’s treatment team is refusing to allow him to move up a level, which would give him more privileges. They claim this is because he sleeps too much, even though extreme lethargy is a side effect of the drugs he is being forced to take. Additionally, they still have not given…
Shield Alert: Juba Mahiou Discharged, but Still Subjected to Forced Drugging
August 2, 2024 Update Juba Mahiou, a young immigrant to Quebec, was detained for over six months at the Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Laval (CISSS Laval) after a dispute with his family. Dr. Ali Jaber recieved court approval to forcibly drug Juba there, even as the judge acknowledged in his…
Shield Alert: Stop the forced drugging of Jill Kesti in her own home
August 2, 2024 Update Jill Kesti, a human rights activist in northern Michigan and founder of the Coalition to Stop Forced Drugging, is likewise facing home invasions by the Copper County Community Mental Health group (CCCMH). It has been a bit difficult to get timely info out about what Jill needs – in part because, fortunately, she was…
Shield Alert: End the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa
Please put an end to the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa September 10, 2024. Lisa reports that at her latest hearing (last week), the judge declared that Lisa would not be eligible to have another hearing until next year. It is not known at this writing if the hearing that…
Shield Alert: Stop the Forced Drugging of Donna Jeans
Update: Correction to E-mail Address July 12, 2022. The e-mail address we sent out earlier is incorrect. It is missing a period. The correct address is practice3.bridlington@nhs.net. We profusely apologize for our mistake. If you previously sent an e-mail to the wrong address we would be grateful if you could resend it to the correct address. STOP THE…
Shield Alert: Marcela Freed!!
Marcela Freed!! Marcela was freed just a few hours after we started putting pressure on them! She believes it got her freed. Thank you to everyone who supported Marcela!! Free Marcela Musgrove from psychiatric imprisonment in South Carolina! Marcela Musgrove is being held against her will at Lighthouse Behavioral Health Hospital in Conway, South Carolina.…
Shield Alert: William Mahler Freed from Psychiatric Imprisonment in Massachusetts
We Won! May 29, 2024. It is a perhaps a stretch to say we won, but William was ordered freed after the hearing at which at least 15 MindFreedom Shield supporters of William attended by Zoom. Unlike most lawyers in these cases, starkly demonstrated by the ones before William’s, Tamara Barney did a terrific job…
Harmful legislation alert: Oppose Idaho bill allowing 12-year-olds to be electroshocked
Update: Revised Bill Passes April 8, 2024. The amended bill passed both the House and the Senate on April 3rd and the Governor signed it on April 8th. It is set to go into effect July 1st. Update: Not Dead Yet? March 28, 2024. There was a series of procedural moves resulting in an amendment…