Defending Parental Rights in Kazakhstan
Following a letter from the President of Kazakhstan on the rise of domestic violence in the nation, six Members of Parliament drafted a bill.
While protective measures were needed, CCHR Kazakhstan saw a bigger threat from the proposed bill: a likely increase in psychiatric abuses in the field of mental health. Specifically, children could be sent to psychiatric facilities and administered dangerous psychotropic drugs without parental consent. And another clause implied children could be turned over to foster care facilities known for using punitive measures along with psychotropic drugs.
CCHR volunteers immediately held a series of meetings and presentations with governmental representatives and media to enlighten them on the risks of ratifying the bill. CCHR and allied groups gathered more than 50,000 in-person signatures and letters calling for the President to revoke it. CCHR launched a social media campaign that educated over two million people on the negative repercussions the bill would have on children and families.
Finally, CCHR met with the six MPs who initiated the bill. Persuaded by the data and the public outcry, the MPs wrote a letter to the Speaker of the Mazhilis—the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan—requesting the bill be revoked. This was enough for the Speaker, who declared the bill canceled, marking one more win for children and families.
WE REALLY WANT TO hear FROM YOU
AUNT, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
“I never agreed with psychiatric drugging of children. My niece was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of seven and was put on medication. She basically became a zombie—she wouldn’t play with the kids at school anymore and she just started isolating herself. I told my brother (her father) that he needed to take her off of it, which luckily he did. I’m definitely going to be sharing the information on CCHR I received today with my brother.”
STUDENT, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
“The exhibit was mind-blowing. I felt so sad for all the people who have been through this experience. I was disturbed about ECT and surgical treatments. On the documentary about children, I was surprised they do this to those young kids. People should be made aware of actual diseases rather than these fake ones and troubling treatments.”
INDIVIDUAL, NEW YORK CITY, USA
“This exhibit is amazing, full of knowledge and very eye-opening. Before seeing this information, I always thought psychiatry was here to help us. Now I can’t believe I fell for this scam all my life! I will spread this news like a wildfire and stop everyone I know from taking unnecessary meds. I feel very touched emotionally from this exhibit tour. Everyone needs to come to see this!”
FRIEND OF PSYCH CASUALTY, TORONTO, CANADA
“While I’ve never had any mental health issues myself or in my family, I always knew in the back of my mind that something was wrong with psychiatry. It was just not in my face yet. Then recently a good friend of mine ended up in psychiatric hands and he’s not happy and I’m not happy with how things are progressing. Now I have something I can act on to help him. I cannot thank you enough for being here.”
FACTS
THE TRAGIC EFFECTS OF ECT
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is torturous “mental healing.”
460
VOLTS
of electricity is sent
through the brain during an ECT procedure.
1 in 14
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
following the administration of ECT to pregnant mothers.
50
PERCENT
of ECT patients
may suffer permanent
memory loss.
50
TIMES
higher ECT death rate compared to the
US murder rate.
20–40
POINTS
is how much a person’s IQ can drop after undergoing ECT.
THERAPY OR TORTURE
THE TRUTH ABOUT ELECTROSHOCK
It hits the head with the force of a 40-pound cinder block dropped seven and a half feet. It’s been described by patients as a grenade going off in the body.
It’s called electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). And, despite what you might think, it’s not an antiquated medical practice of some bygone era. In fact, it is inflicted on a million people worldwide every year.
In this gripping exposé, the $5.4 billion ECT business—its history, practitioners and devastating results—is revealed in graphic detail.
How much evidence do we have that ECT is torture? One hour and
