TAG / NEW ZEALAND
RESULTS
MENTAL HEALTH
Half a Century Later, Victims of Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Receive Government Compensation
New Zealand’s Lake Alice survivors will finally receive financial redress after enduring beatings, electroshock, chemical restraints and abuse in state care.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Michigan Church Attack Reflects Growing Pattern of Bigotry and Violence
Authorities investigate motives as communities mourn, but leaders vow: Hate will not triumph.
HUMAN RIGHTS
CCHR and Child Abuse Survivors Honored for Exposing Psychiatric Torture at Lake Alice
New Zealand’s psychiatric system hid decades of torture and abuse—until survivors and watchdogs ripped the cover off a national disgrace.
HATE
Social Media Still the Hub for Islamophobia and Outright Hate
March 15 was designated in 2022 as UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia, but it will take much more than a calendar to combat the worldwide problem of anti-religious hate.
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric Victims in New Zealand Demand Justice – Not Apology
Today the hundreds of people who were savaged as innocent children by psychiatrists at Lake Alice are still waiting for the guilty to be held accountable for the abuse and cover up.
