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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights orders Guatemala to protect children and adults from abuses in psychiatric facility

28 November, 2012

Washington, DC - November 28, 2012 - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced its ruling on an emergency "precautionary measures petition" filed by Disability Rights International (DRI) and the Office of Human Rights of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City (ODHAG) on behalf of more than 300 children and adults at Federico Mora Hospital, Guatemala City's psychiatric facility, a dilapidated collection of buildings adjacent to a large penitentiary facility at the edge of the city.

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Petición de Medidas Cautelares Guatemala

13 October, 2012

Con base en lo observado en la visita al Hospital Federico Mora y en la información recabada en numerosas entrevistas –realizadas tanto a personal actual y pasado de la institución, pacientes, y a otras personas relacionadas con el tema en Guatemala–, concluimos que el Hospital Federico Mora es la institución más peligrosa que DRI haya documentado en Latinoamérica.

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Guatemala: Precautionary Measures Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

12 October, 2012

Based on our observations from visiting the Federico Mora Hospital and from collecting dozens of testimonies from current and former staff, patients, and other sources in Guatemala, we have come to the conclusion that the Federico Mora Hospital is the most dangerous facility our investigators have witnessed anywhere in the Americas.

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