Black Mental Health UK

Human Rights

June 16, 2016

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MPs back away from banning use of Tasers by police in mental health wards

MPs have shied away from banning the use of Taser stun guns in psychiatric wards. The ban was proposed by the human rights campaign group Black Mental Health UK, and taken on by the Liberal Democrat MP and former care services minister Norman Lamb. Lamb proposed an amendment to the government’s policing and crime

Campaigners dismiss ‘yet another’ mental health deaths review

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Human rights campaigners have criticised plans for an inquiry that will examine lessons from the deaths of people in mental distress in police custody, because they say the government already knows what action it needs to take. The call came from Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK), which has repeatedly raised concerns about the

Human rights watchdog accused of ‘race omission’ in detention deaths report

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The equality and human rights watchdog has been accused of failing to use a major inquiry to address concerns over the “non-natural” deaths of black men and women with mental health conditions in detention. The campaigning organisation Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK) spoke out following the publication of an Equality and Human Rights

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MPs back away from banning use of Tasers by police in mental health wards

Campaigners dismiss ‘yet another’ mental health deaths review

Human rights watchdog accused of ‘race omission’ in detention deaths report