June 19 , 2009
Laurie Ahern Named President of Mental Disability Rights International. click here to read

May 10, 2006
Romania Violates Rights Of Infants and Children with Disabilities. click here to read

March 31, 2006
Abusive Practice of "Unmodified Electroshock" Treatment Abolished at Main Psychiatric Hospital of Turkey: MDRI Calls On Government Of Turkey To Ban This Abusive Practice Nationwide. click here to read:

January 13, 2006
Mental Disability Rights International Executive Director Named 2006 Humanitarian Award Recipient click here to read

November 9, 2005
EU Responds to MDRI Concerns About Turkey click here to read

September 29, 2005
Letter from MDRI's Executive Director (from Istanbul) click here to read

September 28, 2005
MDRI report on Turkey receives worldwide press coverage. Article: Human Rights Group Accuses Turkey of Torture Against Children and Adults with Mental Diabilities. click here to read

October 5, 2005
Full Article Web Link A UNICEF report launched today finds that, since the collapse of the Soviet Union,the numbers of children with disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) have dramatically increased. Full Article PDF

February 28, 2005
Full Article Web Link Disability World: Award for Film About Human Rights of Disabled Paraguayans Full Article PDF

December 10, 2004
Full Article Web Link Inter Press Service: Psiquiatricos, el infierno continua Full Article PDF

August 9, 2002
UNMIK on air - "Report Damns Mental Health Care" An interview with MDRI's
Director of European Affairs, Dr. Éva Szeli was broadcast as part of the daily
news program on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) radio station. click here to read

August 7, 2002
Agence France - "Spokesman Farhan Haq in the UN Secretary General's office
acknowledged Wednesday there were "serious problems" for patients in Kosovo's
main sanitariums." click here to read