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Africa: Report Names Nine Countries Where Mentally Ill People are Shackled
allAfrica, 6 October 2020
Many people with mental health conditions in African nations are living shackled in chains or locked up in confined spaces, says Human Rights Watch. Read more »
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Africa: 'The Chain is So Heavy. It Doesn't Feel Right; It Makes Me Sad'
allAfrica, 6 October 2020
A Human Rights Watch report on the shackling of people with mental conditions says shackling is mostly practised by families, faith healers or non-medical staff, often when… Read more »
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Africa: People With Mental Health Conditions Living in Chains
HRW, 6 October 2020
Worldwide Campaign to End Shackling, Shame Read more »
Africans with Mental Health Conditions Live in Chains - Report
Many people with mental health conditions in African nations are living shackled in chains or locked up in confined spaces, says Human Rights Watch. In a report issued on Tuesday, the rights group says a study carried out by its researchers over a nine-year period shows that Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somaliland and South Sudan are among about 60 countries around the world in which those regarded as mentally ill are ill-treated as a result of being stigmatised or because of a lack of mental health services.
At least half of those at a herbal centre in Ghana, run by a healer who learned her trade from her mother, are shackled.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO ... Read more »
