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<h2>Psychiatric Torture</h2>
<h4>In solidarity with all victims, survivors and resisters</h4>
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<p> June 26 is the International Day in Solidarity with Victims
of Torture. </p>
<p> In May 2013, I asked survivors, resisters and allies (I
consider that all who are alive are survivors, we remember the
victims who did not survive psychiatric torture) to join me on
June 26 in writing blogs and statements or conducting other
activities in solidarity with all victims, survivors and
resisters of psychiatric torture. Here is one of the notices
posted by a colleague. </p>
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<p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color: rgb(0,
0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Tina
Minkowitz has proposed that we use June 26 as a day to
write blogs and statements on psychiatric torture. This
can be done as a response to or reflection on the UN
rapporteur on torture's recommendations that forced
psychiatric treatment of all kind be banned, or however
you might think to raise awareness on the topic. "What
is the value of naming nonconsensual interventions as
torture," Tina asks, "and what are the implications of
doing so?"</span></span></p>
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<p> The Special Rapporteur on Torture in March 2013 called for
an absolute ban on nonconsensual psychiatric interventions,
including restraint, solitary confinement, and nonconsensual
administration of electroshock, psychosurgery and
mind-altering drugs such as neuroleptics. He also urged
repeal of legal provisions authorizing confinement and
compulsory treatment in mental health settings, and said that
detention on mental health grounds is unjustified. See the <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/277461/torture_english.pdf"
target="_blank">statement</a> of the Special Rapporteur, his
<a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/277631/A.HRC.22.53_English.pdf"
target="_blank">report</a>, and the <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/281253/Statement_by_the_World_Network_of_Users_and_Survivors_of_Psychiatry_under_Item_3final.pdf"
target="_blank">response</a> by the World Network of Users
and Survivors of Psychiatry, along with a <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/281251/A_Time_to_Act.pdf"
target="_blank">call to action</a> by CHRUSP. Note that the
statement revises certain inconsistent positions that were
left in the report.</p>
<p> Here are the responses. Remember to breathe when reading
these accounts, especially the personal stories.</p>
<p> Tina Minkowitz, <a
href="http://www.madinamerica.com/2013/06/we-name-it-torture/"
target="_blank">"We Name It as Torture"</a></p>
<p> Faith Rhyne, <a
href="http://www.madinamerica.com/2013/06/why-is-it-so-hard-to-think-about-torture/"
target="_blank">"Trigger Warning: Why Is It So Hard to Think
About Torture?"</a></p>
<p> Aubrey Ellen Shomo, <a
href="http://www.madinamerica.com/2013/06/remembering-a-restraint/"
target="_blank">"Remembering a Restraint"</a></p>
<p> Bhargavi Davar, <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/282603/For_torture_blog_by_Bhargavi_June_2013.docx">"Commemorating
Erwadi Victims of Torture"</a></p>
<p> Naomi Pinson, <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/282604/Ark_of_Healing_I_Autosaved_.docx">"Ark
of Resistance, Ark of Healing"</a> and</p>
<p> <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/282605/Thoughts_on_learned_helplessness3.docx">"Why
Isn't the Expression 'Taught Helplessness'?Thoughts on
Learned Helplessness"</a></p>
<p> Sarbani Mukherjee, <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/282606/Healthcare_in_Imm_Det_Article_JMLS_Human_Rights_Project.docx">"Nonconsensual
Medical Intervention in Immigration Detention in the United
States"</a></p>
<p> Frank Blankenship (Lunatic Fringe blog), <a
href="http://lunatickfringe.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/support-victims-of-psychiatric-torture/"
target="_blank">"Support for Victims of Psychiatric Torture"</a></p>
<p> Gerald D. Otis, <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/282649/Synopsis3_Tollufson.pdf"
target="_blank">"Synopsis of the Case of 'Bill Tollufson'"</a></p>
<p> Ojore Lutalo, <a
href="https://dk-media.s3.amazonaws.com/AA/AG/chrusp-biz/downloads/282721/20100709181942.pdf"
target="_blank">"New Jersey State Prison: Special Needs
Unit: Resisting the Drug Therapy Chair"</a></p>
<p> <a
href="http://www.mindfreedomireland.com/index.php/no-force-campaign/detainment"
target="_blank">"MindFreedom Ireland Opposes Forced
Detention"</a></p>
<p> Sarah Harper (Pissed Off Woman blog), <a
href="http://pissedoffwoman.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/in-solidarity-with-victims-of-torture-a-survivors-short-response/"
target="_blank">"In Solidarity with Victims of Torture: A
Survivor's Short Response"</a></p>
<p> Sara Arenson, <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/sara-arenson/on-the-international-day-in-solidarity-with-victims-of-torture/10151688036781049"
target="_blank">"On the International Day in Solidarity with
Victims of Torture"</a><br>
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