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MENTAL HEALTH

NHS Billions Fund Deadly Care in For-Profit Mental Health Hospitals

The NHS spent nearly $3 billion last year outsourcing psychiatric care to for-profit private hospitals like Priory—where patients are dying from abuse, neglect and chemical restraint.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UK Breaks Human Trafficking Records Despite Landmark Anti-Slavery Law

A government report shows Britain’s anti-slavery law isn’t stopping the rise of forced labor and trafficking. Reports, referrals and exploitation are all at record highs.

MENTAL HEALTH

Study Uncovers 750 Incidents of Coercion and Abuse in UK Psychiatric Facilities

Psychiatric staff in the UK restrained, humiliated and assaulted vulnerable patients while colleagues turned a blind eye. A disturbing new study reveals just how deep the abuse goes.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Six Convicted for Trafficking Migrants Into Forced Labor on UK Cannabis Farms

“Debt bondage” victims found themselves kidnapped and enslaved on illegal cannabis farms, servicing a pot industry that is booming in the UK.

MENTAL HEALTH

Now They’re Beating the Kids—Abuse of Children at UK Psychiatric Facility Exposed

A new report reveals that staff at Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital sadistically dragged children to put them in needless restraints—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

DRUGS

Epidemic of Flesh-Eating “Tranq” May Be Worse Than Fentanyl

Xylazine is a super-powerful horse tranquilizer that’s cheaper than fentanyl, and often mixed with the drug. It’s a deadly combination. 

HUMAN RIGHTS

Two-Thirds of UK FOIA Requests Unanswered as Lawsuits Pile Up

The government spent over $1.1 million in 2023 fighting lawsuits filed by citizens for Freedom of Information Act disclosures. They are following the US tradition of secrecy. 

HUMAN RIGHTS

Convicted Trafficking Ring Leaders Used McDonald’s as a Pretext for Slavery

An English outpost of the burger chain is the unwitting enabler of a profitable racket run by a gang of Czech criminals, trapping victims into turning over their income—and their freedom.