{"id":118059,"date":"2024-05-01T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=118059"},"modified":"2024-04-30T16:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:23:19","slug":"citizens-commission-on-human-rights-exhibit-in-south-african-township-exposes-racism-and-abuse-in-the-psychiatric-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/citizens-commission-on-human-rights-exhibit-in-south-african-township-exposes-racism-and-abuse-in-the-psychiatric-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Commission on Human Rights Exhibit in South African Township Exposes Racism and Abuse in the Psychiatric Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIEPSLOOT, South Africa, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Citizens Commission on Human Rights<\/a> South Africa brought the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit<\/em> to Diepsloot, a densely populated township in Gauteng, South Africa. The exhibit, held April 19 to 26, educated officials, business owners, members of African royalty and residents on human rights<\/a> abuse, racism and harmful practices that pervade psychiatry, including its role in promoting racism.<\/p>\n

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Photo caption: Most people touring the exhibit had no idea that eugenics came from psychiatry and was the justification for apartheid, the creation of the townships and the degradation of the people of South Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like many South African townships, Diepsloot suffers from poverty and substandard living conditions. The townships were the product of apartheid, the political system implemented in 1948 and continued until ended by the election of 1994. Townships were part of the government\u2019s solution to enforcing racial segregation. But few visiting the exhibit were aware of psychiatry\u2019s role in apartheid. Many were shocked to learn that psychiatry was behind the pseudoscience known as \u201ceugenics\u201d that promoted \u201cimproving\u201d the human race through selective breeding and sterilization.<\/p>\n

German psychiatrist Eugen Fischer (1874\u20131967) experimented on native people in concentration camps on Shark Island in a German colony that is now part of Namibia. His macabre \u201cresearch\u201d included decapitating victims and sending their skulls to Germany so psychiatrists could study so-called \u201cinferior races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fischer recommended outlawing interracial marriage, which was adopted in 1912 throughout African German colonies. It was these same false psychiatric theories that gave the government of South Africa the \u201clegitimacy\u201d it needed to implement apartheid.<\/p>\n

The exhibit also raised awareness of the dangers of drugging children with substances whose side effects are known to increase violence<\/a> and suicidality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CCHR aims to educate parents, caregivers, and mental health professionals throughout South Africa. Concerned visitors included ward councilors, police officials, pastors, and community leaders. Many pledged their support of CCHR\u2019s efforts with 98 signing up to volunteer for the local CCHR chapter. Victims shared their own experiences of abuse in the mental health field and expressed relief that CCHR is taking action to help.<\/p>\n

CCHR South Africa is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investigating and exposing human rights violations in the mental health field. Its work is inspired by visionary and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard who believed that human rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream.<\/p>\n

For more information visit the website of Citizens Commission on Human Rights<\/a> or watch a series of documentaries on the Scientology Network:<\/p>\n

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Therapy or Torture: The Truth About Electroshock<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Marketing of Madness<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Or contact the nearest Scientology Church or Mission<\/a> to find or begin a new chapter of CCHR.<\/p>\n

Citizens Commission on Human Rights was cofounded in 1969 by professor of psychiatry Dr. Thomas Szasz and the Church of Scientology. With headquarters in Los Angeles, California, CCHR International guides a global human rights advocacy network of some 180 chapters across more than 30 nations. CCHR Commissioners include physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, legislators, government officials, educators and civil rights representatives.<\/p>\n

LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cchr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cchrint.org<\/a><\/p>\n

VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/cchr-documentaries\/psychiatry-an-industry-of-death.html<\/a><\/p>\n

IMAGE link for media: https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0501-s2p-COSCCHRSA-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo caption: Most people touring the exhibit had no idea that eugenics came from psychiatry and was the justification for apartheid, the creation of the townships and the degradation of the people of South Africa.<\/p>\n

TAGS: #CCHR #CitizensCommissiononHumanRights #Psychiatry #Eugenics #Racism #Apartheid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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