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CZECH REPUBLIC: Torture and ill-treatment banned under international law still evident in Czech Republic psychiatric hospitals

01 July 2014

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"Despite international outcry ten years ago, people are still caged and strapped in psychiatric hospitals throughout the Czech Republic. Later today, MDAC launches a damning report calling for urgent action to stop these barbaric practices, in conjunction with our Czech partners the League of Human Rights."

See the article: Torture and ill-treatment banned under international law still evident in Czech Republic psychiatric hospitals (MDAC, link)

See: Report (English, pdf) and Report (Czech, pdf)

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