Drugged And Locked Up: Russian Activist Tells Of Psychiatric Abuse

A young Russian activist has recounted how he was forced to take drugs that affected his cognitive abilities as part of his punishment for staging illegal protests, in what appears to be a trend toward reviving the Soviet-era practice of sending regime critics to psychiatric facilities.
Originally published at - www.rferl.org/a/russia-puniti...

[@Psychx_]

"Drugs that prevent you from articulating your thoughts" - that's pretty much how a regular person percieves the effects of antipsychotics/schizophrenia drugs. This is beyond horrible - APs can have lasting and debilitating side effects, even after they're stopped. That young man is not only risking his freedom, but also his life and health.

[@mpakakas3518]

You described millions upon millions of drug users/addicts in the West. Plus millions upon millions of prescribed drug users again all over the west. But that is ok I guess, because it is the West. Meanwhile without you knowing anything about the case of this boy, you come to the conclusion that "bad Putin, that boy is in danger!!" just because the CIA channel tells you so.... Pathetic..... No brains whatsoever...

[@majamaya4295]

​@@mpakakas3518 an deinem Zweifel ich 🪆💩

[@mpakakas3518]

@@majamaya4295 I don't speak horse language, sorry.

[@toefoneman]

Yep, i can't remember for shit

[@rhondabailey9238]

Big Pharma profits off people in America. My husband checked himself into a psychiatric clinic 'cause he was trying to get off drugs, 15 years ago, and all they did was drug him so bad he could barely walk or think to make a sentence or understand what you were saying to him. I signed papers to send him to a place that they said was better, but found out it's not. I made an appointment to talk to someone and he acted like i was a joke, with his half laughing grin and another guy there staring at me the same way. I was half crying. My mother-in-law talked to a friend at the courthouse who was able to get him out, just before they were going to send him to that place hours away that is really hard to get out of. My husband got sober using the 12 steps program

[@hansericsson7058]

This is what fascism looks like

[@hb9145]

Some things don't change. This was typical treatment of dissidents in the Soviet Union.

[@soldat2501]

They can’t see that though. They can’t see how they aren’t any better than that accursed regime. To them, they don’t see the similarities.

[@Ukie88]

Yup

[@drflash36]

Pooton IS a 'recycled Ruzzian Commie, so sadly, that's what one would expect from His policies and behavior there!

[@majamaya4295]

Same GDR to soviet Time 🤯

[@KoolAid999]

Same as Communism China

[@pnf197]

Igor now has hundreds, if not thousands that know of him, what has happened to him and why. That is incredible power, but also a testament to Igor and how beautiful, powerful, quiet and resolved this young man is to create the change he wants to see in his world. All the power to Igor, I'll be looking out for you to continue being a witness to your noble and lonely struggle!

[@asanitationstompout8473]

Salute to this man.

[@julienor9845]

I am not suprised this is Russia after all.

[@mike4480]

Slava Ukraine..💙💛💙..horror

[@JoeVideoed]

Hail to the lawyer that got the Ukrainian woman out & continues to assist Comrade Gorlanov. Russian defense attorneys probably have the most difficult job given how the legal system is stacked against them. Thank Heaven for small victories like this 1.

[@elizabethhurtado2829]

He is so correct

[@baqaqipekhebi7148]

Good for the kid!

[@barbarajoyhuhtala3495]

Not all heroes wear capes. As dogged in the righteous fight as Navalny. Share!

[@Angels-3xist]

Sick and warped torture. Lunatics running asylums as they say. These people who stand up anyway are all heroes. Brave people. I’ve been in the situation they’re in. To go through that and still fight is very honorable.

[@maverick4177]

He is lucky Prigozhin never turned up, he likes young boys by all accounts

[@hb9145]

Prigozhin is more of a.. receiver.

[@artnull13]

Putler loves young boys - Litvinenko allegedly saw the videos

[@thatsnodildo1974]

Oh he's brave for filming inside the Police Station

[@harrywest2780]

Blessings to Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏 and all Russia people that stand for peace

[@oneshotme]

That's messed up in so many ways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up 💙Slava Ukraini!! #StopRussia Heroyam Slava💛

[@kalbs89]

These people are such monsters 👺

[@MrJdsenior]

"He said absurd things". Let me guess, things like Putin sucks, which is anything but absurd. Brave dude.

[@apuuvah]

Respect. Freedom!

[@leslienelson4430]

Igor The Brave.♉ Your voice is being heard around the world. From Canada I pray for your safety and freedoms. Shame on Putin and his regime of minions

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

🙃 typical Soviets

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Technically, they're fascists now! But to tell you the truth, I don't really see any difference between them in their brutal and sadistic tactics!

[@Aleksa_Lomako]

@@nicktechnubyte1184 🔱 технічно Z 🐑Z🐷 слава Україні від 10 бригади 🇺🇦

[@asanitationstompout8473]

Russian KIAs up 210.3k, WIAs up 631k+, casualties total over 841,400 (minusrus). . ... . . Keep the mountains of corpses coming, UA. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@angelikalindenau943]

Brave individuals. May they be safe through this difficult time and live to experience a brighter future

[@nataliiateteruk585]

Strong lad. Brave guy.

[@williamrobison1043]

I wish no one would torture anyone ever.

[@alanmcmillan6969]

He is a brave man, but the weight of russian authority is too much. Is he now free?

[@sebastianwrites]

Very brave guy!!!

[@namastezen3300]

1984, Brave new world. The Russian people, like livestock in a feedlot; knowing all the while what going on, but hoping it will happen to someone else.

[@leonardgrant6876]

That guy is brave that for sure. Slava Ukraine.

[@jsaintr.i.r4018]

Happy Russian Language Day... SLAVA Ukraine ❤

[@JanoschNr1]

How dares he to have basic rights? Especially in Muzzcovya

[@TheVietnameseDevil]

bro just like me fr

[@blankpage555]

A bit like in France

[@tatianacrehuet1065]

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@Branca179]

Free Russia ✌️🤍💙

[@toefoneman]

Yeah they have punitive stuff like this in USA schools too

[@richardblanke5521]

Traitors in this country should be shipped to Russia.

[@PsychicLord]

Haz should be sent immediately.

[@leilagomulka5690]

The United States Navy does this also. You are put on a list - because you are a whistleblower or pissed off someone in power. America is no different.. They save one billion dollars a year on “ psychological evaluations “ of service persons they discharge.X

[@pnf197]

There is always a tendency to equate / conflate US vs Russia (Soviet Empire). However, there are some fundamental differences. Does the US gov't attack the personality / mental health of some who criticize it? Yes, perhaps it has, but these are acts of men, not of a state. Whereas in Russia, they are the actions of the state, not just cruel people. In Russia, the whole state is cruel; not the case in the West.

[@baqaqipekhebi7148]

Russian troll 👿

[@Psychx_]

@@pnf197 When I think about the whole Julian Assange ordeal, Guantanamo Bay and the wars on drugs and terror, there has been a lot of government-led violence, torture and abductions on behalf on official U.S. interests. While the U.S. being more humane overall compared to Iran, Russia or China, that's also an exceptionally low bar to top. Let's be real for a moment. The U.S. being the only western country that hasn't ratified the basic human rights charta (nor intends to) and made it a part of the constitution, is a f*cking disgrace - and the only reason why this isn't done is because it hurts certain political and monetary interests.

[@artnull13]

Typical whataboutism - doesn’t make what happened in this young man’s case or systemically in Ruzzia right despite your false claims. There is no *punitive* *psychiatry* in the USA like there is Ruzzia - watch the actual video.

[@artnull13]

@@Psychx_ yet none of them have incarcerated dissidents on the basis of false psychiatric reasons as this video points out Ruzzia is doing. Assange isn’t a person facing extradition because the US government considers him mentally ill but because they consider him guilty of espionage and a foreign agent. So again you’re conflating entirely different reasons.

[@fletcherchristian2254]

This goes on in other countries too. Psychiatry is quackery and a godsend to authoritarian governments.

[@beataannanowak659]

Physically I feel horrible. You are young, you have your entire life in front of you. When I was a teenager I was scrubbing toilets, did a lot of office cleaning in my life.

[@beataannanowak659]

Not fair. Children in the children's homes and My child taken away to be placed with someone else. Not fair. I feel horrible but the only thing that I can do right now is to pray for a better world. It takes everybody to make this world a better place for everyone.

[@beataannanowak659]

My ex husband wanted to lock me up in the mental hospital for the rest of my life. My biological and biological father who taped themselves having sex (amateur porn stars) wanted to lock me up in the mental institution too. Now I am suicidal. They took my only son away from me. I am very sick though physically very sick in a lot of pain. They have some Russian or Ukrainian speaking people in New Jersey New Bridge Medical Center.

[@beataannanowak659]

Punitive psychiatry used by people that are sadists. Psychiatrists have nice houses, more bathrooms that they need. They don't shit to 4 different bathrooms at the same time.