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American Psychiatric Association (A.P.A.) files - Committee on Human Rights, 1987

 File — Container: MSS 2021-01, Box 15, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Included: “Human Rights of Mental Patients in Japan,” (1987 -04); Reich, Walter Report of Meeting with Gennadiy M. Yevstafiev (Soviet, member of the delegation to the Vienna Review Meeting) (1987-07-28); copy of letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to Lawrence Hartmann, M.D. re human rights violations in Paraguay (1988-04-22); World Medical Association, INC. memorandum: “The Facts regarding health services in South Africa during 1987, and the role played by the Medical Association of South Africa,” (1987-07- 08); Reddaway, Peter: Does Moscow’s Purge of Corrupt Psychiatrists Threaten the Psychiatric Gulag?” (1987-07-13); “More Revelations about Stefanis’ Negotiations with the Soviets (1987-09-11); Center for Victims of Torture pilot project (1987-08-28 and 1987-10); South Africa Briefing (1987-08-07); Minutes of Committee on Abuse of Psychiatry (1987-09-09 and 1987-12-02); “Victims of Torture in Afghanistan. Presentation for Cairo World Congress” by Mohammad Azam Dadfar (1987-10-18-22); Gralnick, Alexander M.D.: “Public Health and Psychiatric Care in Cuba, Personal Report” (November 1987);Political Imprisonment in Cuba. A Special Report from Amnesty International, The Cuban American Nation Foundation, 1987; US/Soviet Human Rights Seminar: Statement by Ellen Mercer for the APA (1987-12-03). Also Bloche, Maxwell Gregg: “Uruguay’s Military Physicians: Cogs in a System of State Terror,” (1987-03)

Dates

  • Creation: 1987

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Series: 12.5 Linear Feet (24 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Russian

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

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