Mentally ill people are being shackled in Indonesia according to Human Rights Watch. Plus we interview Bertha Cáceres after her mother’s assassinationIf you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it in your inbox every two weeks,register for the email edition
A report from Human Rights Watch found that, nearly 40 years after Indonesia banned shackling people with mental health conditions, or nearly 19000 are living in chains,or are locked up in institutions where they are vulnerable to abuse. Stigma and a chronic lack of mental healthcare and community support services mean the treatment is widespread.
Liz Ford was in fresh York last week at the Commission on the Status of Women, where activists acquire been demanding better care of rape survivors. She also reported on what’s blocking women’s access to better pay and jobs, and interviewed Bertha Cáceres,whose mother Berta was assassinated in Honduras this month. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com