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Over the past decade, particularly since the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2014, the political use of psychiatry in the former Soviet Union has been on the rise.
A recent report by the Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry (FGIP) lists more than 30 new cases – from 2012 to April, 2017 – where journalists and activists have been imprisoned in psychiatric hospitals.
Most of the cases concern the Russian Federation and Crimea, particularly after it was illegally annexed from Ukraine …read more
Source: Intersection