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Vol. 01 Issue 01 August 16, 2019
A Warning that cannot be ignored: 23 injured after Russian Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence CCHR passenger plane makes calls for Urgent Government Investigation emergency landing CCHR’s mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health and enact patient and consumer protections.
TL Bureau, CLEARWATER, between psychotropic drugs FLORIDA and violence. The group is making its report, The spate of recent mass “Psychiatric Drugs Create shootings has prompted the Violence and Suicide,” availmental health watchdog, able to legislators which cites Citizens Commission on 16 studies that show psyHuman Rights International chotropic drugs create homi(CCHR) to reiterate the cidal and suicidal reactions. urgent need for State and a CCHR has documented at Federal government investi- least 78 acts of senseless gation into the irrefutable link violence committed over sev-
eral decades by those taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs, leaving a wake of 464 deaths and 926 wounded. The report cites 27 drug regulatory agency warnings that indicate psychotropic drug adverse effects that include mania, psychosis, hostility, aggression or homicidal ideation and nearly 50 warn of self-harm or suicide/suicidal ideation. [1] Between the three current shooters, 34 people were killed and 63 wounded or injured. Police found sedative hypnotic pills in one shooter’s room in another person’s name, questioning whether he was abusing them.
TL Bureau, Moscow Twenty-three people were injured early Thursday after a Russian passenger plane carrying more than 230 people conducted an emergency landing after a collision with birds, Russian news agency Interfax reported, according to dpa. Most of the 23 injured people, among them several children, suffered cuts and bruises, but one was seriously
injured, the report said. The plane, operated by Russia's Ural Airlines, collided with a flock of seagulls shortly after taking off from Zhukovsky International Airport near Moscow, forcing the pilots to land with the motor switched off and the wheels still retracted. Images and video footage showed the Airbus 321 plane after the landing in a cornfield about 1 kilometre away from the airport.
Winnie Byanyima ‘honoured to be joining UNAIDS’ as next Executive Director
Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif to Finland
“I am honoured to be joining UNAIDS as the Executive Director at such a critical time in the response to HIV,” said Ms Byanyima. “The end of AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is a goal that is within the world’s reach, but I do not underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead. Working with all its partners, UNAIDS must continue to speak up for the people left behind and champion human rights as the only way to end the epidemic.” Secretary-General, António Guterres, appointed Ms Byanyima as the UNAIDS Executive Director and
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Javad Zarif will visit Finland on 19 August. Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif will have meetings with President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö, minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto who will host Zarif’s visit in Finland. Discussion topics in the meetings will include bilateral relations, international and regional issues, human rights issues and Finland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
TL Bureau, UN HQ
Under-Secretary-General “following a comprehensive selection process” that involved a search committee constituted by members of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, said the statement. Ms Byanyima began her career as a champion of marginalized communi-
ties and women 30 years ago as a member of parliament in the National Assembly of Uganda. She became the Director of Women and Development at the African Union Commission, in 2004, working on the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, an international human rights instrument that became an important tool for reducing the disproportionate effect of HIV on the lives of women in Africa. The UN chief also extended his appreciation and gratitude to the UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Gunilla Carlsson, for her service as the Executive Director, a.i. following the departure of former head, Michel Sidibé, earlier this year.
TL Bureau, Helsinki