Steven Allen
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@StivuAllen
ED of @ValidityNGO, occasional disruptor. I tweet in a personal capacity on: human rights, Palestine, mental health, disability, race, politics. RT≠endorsement.
Closing this account in the new year. Migrating to Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/steven….
Victor was only 15 when he was placed in an abusive psych hospital in #Moldova. As a child with a #disability, he should have received support . This year, he achieved justice. Watch Victor's testimony. Support our seasonal appeal: shorturl.at/w4c7F youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0ILZ…
This is what @ValidityNGO has been saying for years. Our successful case on behalf of TJ, a woman locked up, treated horrendously and who died. validity.ngo/2024/10/10/top…
Join @ENIL_EU and members of the Global Coalition on #Deinstitionalization at the next in the DI Guidelines webinar series. #independentliving #CRPD #Article19 GC-DI members: @IDA_CRPD_Forum, @InclusionIntl, @ENIL_EU, @TCI_Global, @DRI_advocacy, @CHR_HumanRights and @ValidityNGO
ICYMI: Press conf on judgment of @ECHR_CEDH in @ValidityNGO on behalf of TJ v. #Hungary. Court granted standing to Validity, found the state responsible for violations of right to life of a woman with intellectual #disability who died in notorious #Topház. youtu.be/yCALPLoFj_U?si…
PRESS CONFERENCE (online): Validity Foundation on behalf of T.J. v. Hungary - Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights. Today, 11 October at 10am CEST (Budapest time). Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
And to add to this, the massive reduction in funding (including for @ValidityNGO ) for disability rights. It’s as if they have fallen off the what’s fashionable list. Another source of shame
They'll tell you voting doesn't make a difference. But it was a Labour Government that changed my life. If you want change, vote for it on Thursday.
