New member organisation
Monday, 15 November 2010 05:16
IFHHRO warmly welcomes a new member to its international federation of health and human rights organisations: the Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP) – Tbilisi.
GIP-Tbilisi assists governments, international agencies, NGOs and other development institutions in the Caucasus and Central Asia to improve mental health care, with the following emphasis:
- Improving care for people with mental health problems and illnesses.
- Addressing the need for attention to people dealing with mental disability and social disability, including behavioral disorders.
- Fighting stigma and building opportunities for reintegration and inclusion.
For more information visit their website at:
http://www.gip-global.org/p/13/96/-/c25/ms6-32
Since February 2013, over 20 people held in custody in Guantanamo Bay have been in hunger strike. There are reports that the US has sent in doctors and nurses, who assist in forced feeding, a recogniced violation of human rights and a breach of medical ethics.
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