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October 11, 2016 Commentary

Let People With Mental Illness Live in Dignity, Not in Shackles

This man lived shackled in stocks, a traditional form of pasung, for nine years in a back room in his family’s home in Cianjur in West Java. When he was released, his legs had atrophied from disuse.
July 5, 2016 Commentary

Restricted by Chains and by the Law

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April 19, 2016 Statement

Statement to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee on Article 19

The Right to Live Independently and Be Included in the Community

April 16, 2016 Impact

Dispatches: Turning the Tide on Shackling in Indonesia

A man with psychological disability appears to be chained to a wooden bed.
March 20, 2016 Interview

The Living Hell of People with Mental Health Conditions in Indonesia

A man with a psychosocial disability lies chained at the wrist on a platform bed at the Bina Lestari healing center in Brebes, Central Java. All residents of the healing center are chained. © 2015 Andrea Star Reese for Human Rights Watch
March 20, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Treating Mental Health With Shackles

People With Psychosocial Disabilities Face Restraints, Abuse

2016 Indonesia Cover Photo
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Torture Comes in Many Forms

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