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Florida Human Rights Watchdog Protects the Rights of the Vulnerable
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Florida Human Rights Watchdog Protects the Rights of the Vulnerable

 Two human rights champions featured on the Scientology Network original series "Voices for Humanity" educate families and lawyers on how to prevent the involuntary commitment and warehousing of children and the elderly in Florida institutions Read More
Voices for Humanity Exposes Psychiatric Abuse in Ukraine With Anton & Anastasiia
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Voices for Humanity Exposes Psychiatric Abuse in Ukraine With Anton & Anastasiia

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Voices for Humanity Takes a Stand Against Mental Health Abuse With Justin Drach
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Voices for Humanity Takes a Stand Against Mental Health Abuse With Justin Drach

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Exposing Mental Health Abuse in Madrid
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Exposing Mental Health Abuse in Madrid

 At the annual convention of the World Association of Dual Disorders in Madrid, mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights challenged psychiatrists to answer pointed allegations. Read More
CCHR Exhibit Questions the Source of Recent Violence
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CCHR Exhibit Questions the Source of Recent Violence

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights brought its traveling exhibit to the Santa Clara County Fair to help local residents make sense out of recent events. Read More
CCHR Documents Psychiatry's Past at the 'Scene of the Crime'
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CCHR Documents Psychiatry's Past at the 'Scene of the Crime'

 Psychiatry an Industry of Death traveling exhibit reveals that German psychiatrists created the prototype for Hitler's killing camps. Read More
Exhibit Sounds the Alarm on Abuse in the Field of Mental Health
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Exhibit Sounds the Alarm on Abuse in the Field of Mental Health

 A disturbing interactive exhibition exposes dangerous psychiatric practices Read More
Exposing the Increase in the Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers
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Exposing the Increase in the Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers

 The Sacramento Chapter of Citizens Commission on Human Rights hosted Psychiatry an Industry of Death Exhibit in Old Sacramento over the 4th of July holiday weekend. The exhibit provides documentaries that highlight psychiatric violations of human rights. Read More
Think ECT Went Out With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Think Again
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Think ECT Went Out With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Think Again

 Open house educates the community on the consequences of the use of ECT Read More
CCHR Led Hundreds of Protestors Outside Psychiatric Convention Demanding a Ban on Electroshock Treatment
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CCHR Led Hundreds of Protestors Outside Psychiatric Convention Demanding a Ban on Electroshock Treatment

 Human rights group loudly speaks out for nationwide ban on "torturous" electroshock treatment given to 0-5-year-olds, pregnant women, elderly, veterans and more Read More
CCHR Condemns FDA's Approval of Electricity-Zapping for 'ADHD' Kids
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CCHR Condemns FDA's Approval of Electricity-Zapping for 'ADHD' Kids

 Mental health watchdog group says electrical "treatment" creates harm Read More
CCHR Celebrates 50 Years of Eradicating Psychiatric Abuse & Honors Human Rights Award Winners
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CCHR Celebrates 50 Years of Eradicating Psychiatric Abuse & Honors Human Rights Award Winners

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CCHR Celebrates 50 Years of Eradicating Abuse in the Field of Mental Health
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CCHR Celebrates 50 Years of Eradicating Abuse in the Field of Mental Health

 On its 50th anniversary, Citizens Commission on Human Rights rewards outstanding achievements, reviews its record of accomplishments, and recommits to the complete elimination of psychiatric abuse. Read More
Involuntary Commitment: What is the Law? What Are Your Rights?
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Involuntary Commitment: What is the Law? What Are Your Rights?

 Protecting oneself or one's loved ones from involuntary commitment, which affects more than 155,000 Californians a year, was the subject of a community forum at the Church of Scientology Pasadena. Read More
Are There Safe Alternatives to Addictive Psychiatric Drugs?
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Are There Safe Alternatives to Addictive Psychiatric Drugs?

 The Church of Scientology Silicon Valley hosted a forum to inform the community of studies showing the risk of benzodiazepines (anti-anxiety drugs) and to present holistic alternatives. Read More
Hidden Source of the Death Camps Exposed on International Holocaust Day
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Hidden Source of the Death Camps Exposed on International Holocaust Day

 At a conference at the Church of Scientology in Washington, D.C., Citizens Commission on Human Rights national office explores the role of psychiatry in Hitler's "final solution." Read More
CCHR Sacramento Remembers Victims of the Holocaust
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CCHR Sacramento Remembers Victims of the Holocaust

 International Holocaust Day conference honors victims and survivors of the Nazi extermination camps and urges vigilance to ensure such atrocities never happen again. Read More
Warning Santa Monica About Psychiatric Abuse
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Warning Santa Monica About Psychiatric Abuse

 More than 6,000 toured CCHR's 'Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit' in Santa Monica. Many were shocked at what they learned. Read More
CCHR Supports U.N.'s and Rights Groups' Demand for Urgent FDA Ban on Skin Electric Shock Devices
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CCHR Supports U.N.'s and Rights Groups' Demand for Urgent FDA Ban on Skin Electric Shock Devices

 FDA accused of delaying ban on the electrical device that uses pain to modify behavior Read More
New Blog Offers Electroshock Victims & Families a Forum to Speak Out
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New Blog Offers Electroshock Victims & Families a Forum to Speak Out

 CCHR's public awareness blog provides facts and warnings about electroconvulsive therapy and the need to ban it Read More
'Letters From Generation Rx' Film Exposes Psych-Drug Induced Violence and Suicide Through Heart-Wrenching Personal Stories
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'Letters From Generation Rx' Film Exposes Psych-Drug Induced Violence and Suicide Through Heart-Wrenching Personal Stories

 CCHR Urges Watch on 'DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE' Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, at 8 p.m. ET/PT Read More
'Voices for Humanity' Joins Fred Shaw in Fight for Human Rights
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'Voices for Humanity' Joins Fred Shaw in Fight for Human Rights

 Helping to raise broad public awareness and pass legislation to prevent psychiatric abuse Read More
5 Tips for a Stress-Free Life at Mental Health Day 'Lunch and Learn'
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5 Tips for a Stress-Free Life at Mental Health Day 'Lunch and Learn'

 Mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights educated people on how to live stress-free. The presentation was a "lunch and learn" seminar at the Nashville Church of Scientology. Read More
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit Exposes Abuse
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Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit Exposes Abuse

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights presents shocking evidence of abuse affecting the people of Toronto. Read More
CCHR Warns Parents of the Danger of Psychiatric Drugs
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CCHR Warns Parents of the Danger of Psychiatric Drugs

 As the new school year begins, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Sacramento warns parents of the need to educate themselves about a potential threat to their children's survival. Read More
UN Human Rights Council Condemns Forced Psychiatric Practices
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UN Human Rights Council Condemns Forced Psychiatric Practices

 CCHR urges need to ban coercive treatment and electroshock Read More
Australians Are in Danger, Warns Psychiatric Watchdog
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Australians Are in Danger, Warns Psychiatric Watchdog

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights documentary alerts Australians to dangerous practices that threaten the lives and wellbeing of the people of the country. Read More
Skin Burns and Fire Risks From Electroshock Treatment Device, Report Warns
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Skin Burns and Fire Risks From Electroshock Treatment Device, Report Warns

 CCHR investigation also finds potential dangerous billing for ECT Read More
Warning the State of Mexico About Psychiatric Abuse
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Warning the State of Mexico About Psychiatric Abuse

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights brings Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit to the capital of the State of Mexico Read More
Protesting the Use of Antidpressants on Children
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Protesting the Use of Antidpressants on Children

 CCHR challenges psychiatrists at the World Congress of the International Association for Adolescent and Child Psychiatrists to cease prescribing dangerous drugs to children. Read More
Constitutional Attorney Supports Mental Health Watchdog's Call for Electroshock Ban
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Constitutional Attorney Supports Mental Health Watchdog's Call for Electroshock Ban

 CCHR wants electroconvulsive therapy training colleges and practitioners stopped from causing further damage Read More
CCHR: Ban Needed on 'Torturous' Electroconvulsive Therapy
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CCHR: Ban Needed on 'Torturous' Electroconvulsive Therapy

 Watchdog finds electroshock causes brain damage, memory loss, death and 'mental euthanasia' Read More
CCHR Demands Drastic Change From British Psychiatrists
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CCHR Demands Drastic Change From British Psychiatrists

 Human rights watchdog claims the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Convention is foisting off junk science on the general public, putting UK children at grave risk. Read More
Drugging and Restraint Use on Migrant Children
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Drugging and Restraint Use on Migrant Children

 CCHR warns of pandemic psychiatric child abuse across the U.S. Read More
CCHR Japan Demands an End to Psychiatric Abuse
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CCHR Japan Demands an End to Psychiatric Abuse

 'Psychiatry continues to repeat the same crimes - from forced sterilization to fraudulent diagnosis of developmental disorders,' says Citizens Commission on Human Rights. 'History repeats itself.' Read More
CCHR's Psychotropic Drug Awareness Campaign Extends to Suicide Warning
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CCHR's Psychotropic Drug Awareness Campaign Extends to Suicide Warning

 Celebrity suicides prompt urgency to warn of ineffective or adverse treatment effects Read More
Renewed Calls for Electroconvulsive (Shock) Therapy Ban
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Renewed Calls for Electroconvulsive (Shock) Therapy Ban

 CCHR says ECT deaths and deceptive marketing of electroshock for autism and children needs strong FDA response Read More
Educating New Mexicans About Alternative Mental Health
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Educating New Mexicans About Alternative Mental Health

 At the Albuquerque Mental Health Awareness Month Event, Citizens Commission on Human Rights New Mexico shines the harsh light of truth on dangerous mental practices. Read More
Expert Warns of Antidepressants Linked to Violence
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Expert Warns of Antidepressants Linked to Violence

 CCHR says school mental health screening & psychotropic drugs can contribute to senseless violence acts Read More
This Memorial Day, Find Out Why More Soldiers Die of Suicide Than in Combat
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This Memorial Day, Find Out Why More Soldiers Die of Suicide Than in Combat

 Anyone with a friend or loved one in the military is urged to watch a documentary that sheds light on the reason more soldiers and veterans are dying of suicide than in combat. Watch The Hidden Enemy: Inside Psychiatry's Covert Agenda on the Scientology TV Network. Read More
Human Rights Group Says Ban on Electroshock Treatment Crucial to Protect Lives
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Human Rights Group Says Ban on Electroshock Treatment Crucial to Protect Lives

 Mental Health Watchdog CCHR protests at psychiatric conference over ECT damaging and 'torturing' children Read More
Human Rights Watchdog Demands No More ECT on Children
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Human Rights Watchdog Demands No More ECT on Children

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) picketed the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in New York City to demand psychiatrists cease using electroshock — especially on children. Read More
CCHR Provides Nursing Students With Vital Information
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CCHR Provides Nursing Students With Vital Information

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Nashville set up a booth at the National Student Nurses Association Convention to brief nursing students and encourage them to report human rights abuses in the field of mental health. Read More
CCHR Says 'Know Your Rights—The Life You Save May Be Your Child's'
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CCHR Says 'Know Your Rights—The Life You Save May Be Your Child's'

 Mental health watchdog reaches out to local parents to let them know why psychiatric drugs often prescribed to children carry the FDA's black box warning (issued when there is reasonable evidence of an association of a serious hazard with the drug). Read More
Mental Health Watchdog Says Unethical Psychiatric Drug Trials Putting Children at Grave Risk
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Mental Health Watchdog Says Unethical Psychiatric Drug Trials Putting Children at Grave Risk

 CCHR wants pediatric psychiatric drug trials stopped and researchers held accountable for child endangerment Read More
Mental Health Watchdog Says Electroshock Use on Children and Adolescents is 'Torture' Masked as Therapy
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Mental Health Watchdog Says Electroshock Use on Children and Adolescents is 'Torture' Masked as Therapy

 CCHR supports demand for an FDA ban on skin shocks and brain electroshock Read More
CCHR Demands That WPA Congress Put an End to Psychiatric Abuse
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CCHR Demands That WPA Congress Put an End to Psychiatric Abuse

 Irate demonstrators converged on the World Psychiatric Association Congress in Melbourne to protest psychiatric abuse. Read More
CCHR Exhibit: Experts Expose Psychiatric Abuse in Rome
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CCHR Exhibit: Experts Expose Psychiatric Abuse in Rome

 Italian human rights group calls for an end to coercive psychiatry and to the use of physical or chemical restraints, particularly on children. Read More
CCHR Launches Petition for Laws Against Psychiatrist/Psychologist Sexual Abuse
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CCHR Launches Petition for Laws Against Psychiatrist/Psychologist Sexual Abuse

 Victims of therapist sexual abuse encouraged to speak out during National Sexual Assault Awareness Month Read More
Mental Health Watchdog Exposes Psychiatric 'Treatment' of Children
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Mental Health Watchdog Exposes Psychiatric 'Treatment' of Children

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Japan brings its traveling exhibit to Osaka Read More
Mental Health Watchdog Releases New Report on Link Between Psychotropic Drugs & School/Mass Shootings
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Mental Health Watchdog Releases New Report on Link Between Psychotropic Drugs & School/Mass Shootings

 CCHR campaign launched to educate law enforcement, policy makers and school officials about violence- and suicide-inducing drug risks Read More
Exhibit Jolts Parents With Facts About the Drugs They Are Giving Their Kids
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Exhibit Jolts Parents With Facts About the Drugs They Are Giving Their Kids

 Prescriptions for children to consume highly addictive and dangerous cocaine-like stimulants are "massively too high," says Swiss MP. Read More
European Psychiatric Association Hears From CCHR
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European Psychiatric Association Hears From CCHR

 Humanitarian mental health watchdog protests psychiatric abuse Read More
Latest Shooting—Another Act of Violence; Another Psychiatric Drug
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Latest Shooting—Another Act of Violence; Another Psychiatric Drug

 Mental Health Watchdog says underscoring school and veteran shootings is a common denominator: psychiatric treatment Read More
Exhibit Reveals Nazi Background of Austrian Psychiatry
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Exhibit Reveals Nazi Background of Austrian Psychiatry

 Austrian psychiatrists complicit in the atrocities perpetrated by their Nazi German colleagues. Read More
Pregnant Women Taking Antidepressants Encouraged to Report Autism Effects in Infants to Mental Health Watchdog
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Pregnant Women Taking Antidepressants Encouraged to Report Autism Effects in Infants to Mental Health Watchdog

 CCHR is investigating children born with antidepressant damage being given further brain-damaging electroshock Read More
CCHR Says Suspected Florida School Shooter Should Not Have Been in Reserve Officer Training if Taking Mind-Altering Stimulants
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CCHR Says Suspected Florida School Shooter Should Not Have Been in Reserve Officer Training if Taking Mind-Altering Stimulants

 Defense Dept. disqualifies applicants on 'ADHD' drugs that cause aggression, abnormal thoughts, sudden outbursts & suicidal thoughts. Read More
Do Suicide Risk Assessments Cause More Suicides?
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Do Suicide Risk Assessments Cause More Suicides?

 Every 12 minutes, an American commits suicide. Citizens Commission on Human Rights explores the cause of this grim statistic. Read More
School Shootings: Mental Health Watchdog Says Psychotropic Drug Use by School Shooters Merits Federal Investigation
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School Shootings: Mental Health Watchdog Says Psychotropic Drug Use by School Shooters Merits Federal Investigation

 Group warns against increasing mental health funding in response to Parkland, Florida, shooting Read More
Community Forum on the Source and Eradication of Racism
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Community Forum on the Source and Eradication of Racism

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights and the Church of Scientology Nashville invited community leaders to a meeting to bring about positive change by exploring the roots of American racism. Read More