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Article: End Human Rights Violations Against People With Mental Health Disorders.
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- PR Newswire
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- December 7, 2005
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December 10: International Human Rights Day
GENEVA, Dec. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is dedicating International Human Rights Day, 10 December, to people with mental disorders and the all-too-prevalent violations of their basic human rights. People with mental disorders face an alarming range of human rights abuses in countries throughout the world, yet there are proven ways to dramatically improve the situation.
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