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November 24, 2019 News Release

Australia: Prevent Restraint in Aged Care

Ban Use of Drugs to Control Older People with Dementia

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November 19, 2019 Commentary

Insidious practice of 'chemical restraint' needs stronger action

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November 4, 2019 News Release

Australia: Royal Commission Finds Aged Care Horrors

Ban Use of Drugs to Control Behavior of Older People with Dementia

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October 23, 2019 Dispatches

US Power Outages Endanger People with Disabilities

Emergency Response Plans Should Be Inclusive, Accessible

A car drives through a darkened Montclair Village as Pacific Gas & Electric power shutdowns continue in Oakland, California, October 10, 2019.
October 15, 2019 News Release

Australia: Older People in Aged Care Drugged Up

Prohibit Chemical Restraint; Ensure Person-Centered Support

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September 13, 2019 News Release

US: Rollback of Nursing Home Protections

Proposed Rules Would Expose Older People to Greater Risks

Lenora Cline, 88, has lived in a nursing home for years. She has Alzheimer’s disease.
August 20, 2019 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to Australian Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights

Quality of Care Amendment (Minimising the Use of Restraints) Principles 2019

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August 19, 2019 News Release

Australia: Inquiry into Rule Putting Older People at Risk

End Coercive Aged Care Practices; Ensure Supportive Intervention

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July 25, 2019 Dispatches

US Rolls Back Protections for Nursing Home Residents

New Rule Allows Limited Access to Courts for People in Nursing Facilities

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July 10, 2019 News Release

Ukraine: Pension Issues, Crossing Conditions

Ease Hardship on Older People in Conflict Areas

An older man with a disability sits on an old luggage cart preparing to cross the Stanitsa Luhanska border point in Eastern Ukraine.
June 14, 2019 Witness

“Money Slipped through My Fingers Like Water”

Discrimination against War-Zone Pensioners in Eastern Ukraine

Older people lining up at bank machines in government-controlled areas of Ukraine.
June 5, 2019 Dispatches

Protecting Older People and People with Disabilities in South Sudan

People at Heightened Risk Face Great Threat of Violence

John Biel Dup, a former civil servant from Nassir, reads a book in the Juba Protection of Civilians 3.
June 4, 2019 Report

South Sudan: Government Forces Abusing Civilians

Rein in Troops, Ensure Justice for Abuse by All Sides

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April 30, 2019 Dispatches

Minister Lacks Sympathy for Plight of Pensioners in Eastern Ukraine

Government Should Stop Requiring Pensioners to Register as Displaced Persons

Pensioners queuing in front of a state bank branch in government-controlled Stanitsa Luhanska. March 22, 2018.
April 10, 2019 Dispatches

Making Life a Little Easier on Ukraine’s Front Lines

Government Eases Crossing Pass Requirements, Should Stop Pension Discrimination

People walking across the crossing point at Stanitsa Luhanska.

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