Dear Justine,
With interest I read your comment about Denis O'Brien
hosting amnesty international's lunch recently. Even more embarrassing
than having Sean FitzPatrick around is the fact that ai is now running
a campaign for the improvement of psychiatric patients that is working
against the patient best interest.
Denis O'Brien would be fool not to invest in pharmaceutical industry that has the highest profit margins of all industries.
Amnesty international is now demanding the right to the best
treatment - and that means drugging. Psychiatrists have sold their
souls to the pharmaceutical corporations.
Several members of Mindfreedom Ireland have drawn Colm O'Gorman's
attention to the fact that a person involuntary detained does not even
have the rights a common criminal has i.e the right to a legal
representative and the right to physical integrity and protection from
abuse.
The day people in emotional turmoil are granted the same rights as a criminal will be a triumph for human rights.
But Colm O'Gorman has done nothing about this fundamental
injustice and discrimination in the Declaration of Human Rights, the EU
Human Rights and the Mental Health Law.
Alaska is the country with the most advanced law. A high court
ruling in 2006 states that nobody can be forced to take drugs (that may
often enough be lethal) if there are alternatives available.
Colm O'Gorman has been informed about this precedent in the history of Human Rights. He has chosen to ignore its relevence.
Kind regards,
Dorothee Krien
MindFreedom Ireland, Cork
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