ISAAC HAYES: Helped to expose psychiatric violations of human rights in South Africa.

Gyory managed to communicate to an orderly how desperately he wanted to stop the brutal shock treatments. The aide contacted the fledgling Citizens Commission on Human Rights, which stepped in and filed a lawsuit on Gyory’s behalf.

Dr. Thomas Szasz, fluent in Hungarian, talked to Gyory and assessed the situation. His finding: Gyory’s plight had been caused by the language barrier, not by any “mental illness.” The “treatment” had been completely unnecessary.

The hospital released Gyory to the custody of CCHR.

Advancing the Cause of Human Rights continued...

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