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After ripping 2,000 children from the arms of their parents, the Trump administration is now locking up huge numbers of families together. Halting the separation of families is not enough. This cruelty must stop. Click here to find out how you can help #EndFamilyDetention.

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Sodikin, a 34-year-old man with a mental health condition, spent 8 years locked up in a tiny shed outside the family house in #Indonesia. Now he works in a clothing factory. There could be more success stories like his, if the Indonesian government finally banned shackling. Today, 12,800 people with mental health conditions are still living in shackles in Indonesia. Call on the government to #BreakTheChains for good. Click the link in our bio and Act Now. In Indonesia, 12,800 people with mental health conditions are still held in chains by their loved ones, traditional healers and staff in institutions. The Indonesian government has made significant progress in stopping the use of shackling. Now it’s time to #BreakTheChains for good. Take Action today and call on the Indonesian government to enforce the ban on shackling. Follow the link in our bio and Act Now! In 2016, Human Rights Watch exposed the shackling of 18,000 people with psychosocial disabilities in Indonesia. Since then the government took promising steps to rescue people from chains while raising awareness and providing services. However, today, more than 12,800 people are still shackled—to beds, cement blocks, or in animal pens. Help end shackling once and for all by calling on the Indonesian government to monitor and end the practice of shackling inside institutions. It’s time for Indonesia to #BreakTheChains for good. Follow the link in our bio and Take Action today! The Week in Numbers Help us continue to pursue justice for the Rohingya people. Donate and your gift will support our investigative work in Myanmar and around the world. Go to HRW.org Human Rights Watch is calling on the US Senate Judiciary Committee to halt the vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. We have signed onto an advertisement running in today’s @washingtonpost, supporting survivors of sexual violence. “There can never be equality in a culture that normalizes or trivializes sexual assault and sexual harassment.” We are proud to stand with all the signatories of the statement published today. #WhyIDidntReport #IBelieveSurvivors
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End Shackling in Indonesia

Help end shackling once and for all by calling on the Indonesian government to monitor and end the practice of shackling inside institutions. Help #BreakTheChains today!

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