Tag: human rights
CCHR Warns Troubled Teen Camps Should Be Banned as Deaths Spur Closures
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Despite dozens of closures of abusive "troubled teen" programs in behavioral and psychiatric centers, including wilderness camps in recent years, a leading mental health industry watchdog warns that children's lives remain at risk unless stronger laws ban the worst offenders and the secretive youth transport practices that feed them. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) says that while public outrage and media exposure have forced some notorious facilities to close, the underlying problems that enable these abusive programs still persist.
CCHR wants electroshocking children prohibited under U.S. child abuse laws
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Child and adolescent psychiatrists have issued a policy statement urging broader access to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for children and adolescents despite growing international condemnation of the practice on minors. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Human Rights Office have called for an outright ban on ECT for children. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), a mental health industry watchdog, condemned the statement as "medically reckless, legally dangerous, and morally indefensible."
Human Rights Association for Forced Conversion (HAC), Northern California Branch Hold Memorial for Ms. Gu Ji-in
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- According to the Human Rights Association for Forced Conversion (HAC), Northern California Branch, on December 30th, Ms. Gu Ji-in, a 25 year old women was found dead at a lodging in Hwasun; a victim of a coercive conversion program. The Hwasun Police Department confirmed an investigation and the woman's parents were questioned about their involvement in the confinement and death of their daughter.
Winners of the 2014 Human Rights Awards Announced
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Human Rights Awards. Michael Honigstein and...
Workshop Promoting Labor and Human Rights Through Investment hosted by US Dept. of State
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with Harvard Law School’s Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project Labor and Worklife...
