MindFreedom
International Human Rights Alert
Update #3 - 9 July 2007
- New York State Officials Hear from People Concerned About
Forced
- Electroshock of Simone D!
- Make Sure These Officials Hear from *You* Now!
- New York State may have won its court battle to give more
forced
- electroshock to Simone D. inside Creedmoor Psychiatric
Center.
- But now we are in the court of international public
opinion.
- And people are speaking out!
- Here is a link to an updated alert on the MindFreedom web
site with
- hyperlinks to all four NY officials along with updated
news.
- It takes you just a moment to e-mail your concern! Go to:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock/simone-d
or use:
http://tinyurl.com/262xma
The offices of all four officials confirm they are are
hearing from the
public. PLEASE RE-DOUBLE your efforts to contact New York
State officials
in a civil way.
If you have not contacted these four officials do so now.
If you have
contacted any and you have not received a satisfactory
answer, try again
until you do.
You may e-mail or fax at any time. Phone during business
hours
Eastern Time. KEEP IT UP!!! DON'T STOP!!!
You are having a nonviolent IMPACT! Because of MindFreedom
complaints, the web administrator for the New York State
Office of
Mental Health told us their web feedback form is now
fixed.
Remember what Simone D. told New York State, in Spanish:
"Electroshock causes more pain! I suffer more from shock
treatment!"
So how can the richest country in the history of the
planet refuse to
provide this Spanish-speaker with mental health team who
speaks
Spanish... But they can afford a legal fight in court to
give her more
and more forced electroshock?
Go immediately to this link and ACT NOW:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock/simone-d
or use:
http://tinyurl.com/262xma
KEEP IT UP!!! DON'T STOP!!!
And for extra effort, we've added a fifth New York State
official:
Please phone up the offices of Senator Hillary Clinton,
presidential
candidate, and ask in a civil way what her stand is on
these human rights
violations occurring in her own state:
http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/
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personal note
that you have acted, and you encourage your friends,
colleagues and
relatives to act too!
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