Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2011
Jan Eastgate Australian criminal case
CCHR president Jan Eastgate was arrested in Australia over allegations that she helped cover up sexual abuse of a child. She denied the allegations, and prosecutors dropped all charges after concluding that the evidence was insufficient.
2005
Criticism of Psychiatry: An Industry of Death
Journalists and scholars criticized CCHR's museum, traveling exhibition, and film for using exaggerated claims, conspiracy rhetoric, and selective evidence to portray psychiatry as inherently evil.
1988
False and defamatory allegations concerning Martin Roth
CCHR alleged that Professor Sir Martin Roth had used LSD in experiments on psychiatric patients. An English court found the allegations false and highly defamatory, and ordered the newspaper that published them to pay substantial libel damages.