The international headquarters of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights on Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Downtown Los Angeles to Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean between Santa Monica and Malibu. ...Sunset Boulevard in For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to...Hollywood, California.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a controversial organization established in 1969 by the Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded by author L. Ron Hubbard as an organization dedicated to the practice of Scientology, an applied religious philosophy formulated by Hubbard. ...Church of Scientology to fight what it sees as human rights crimes committed by Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ...psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.

The practice of psychiatry is considered by Scientologists to be a form of Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property. ...extortion, based upon Scientology doctrine stating there is no biological evidence to support it. According to Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911–January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific and controversial American writer and the founder of the Church of Scientology. ...L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of CCHR, "There is not one institutional psychiatrist alive who, by ordinary Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of law that regulates governmental sanctions (such as imprisonment and/or fines) as retaliation for crimes against the social order. ...criminal law, could not be arraigned and convicted of Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property. ...extortion, The word mayhem has several meanings: Original meaning: a crime consisting of the act of maiming; in many jurisdictions this offense has been subsumed by the crime of aggravated assault Modern usual usage: havoc and disorder (often with humorous overtones). ...mayhem and Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. ...murder. Our files are full of evidence on them." [1] (http://www.cchr.org/candp.htm)

Partially backed by the financial resources of Scientology, CCHR has orchestrated media campaigns against various psychiatrists, psychiatric organizations, and pharmaceutical companies, especially One of the worlds largest corporations, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Indianapolis,Indiana, USA. A Fortune 500 corporation, the company had revenues of $12. ...Eli Lilly.

Dr. Peter Breggin and other prominent figures and organizations in the anti_psychiatry movement have emphatically denounced efforts to associate them with Scientology. They claim to be completely independent and sometimes opposed to the goals of Scientology. The prominence of Dr. Dr. Thomas Stephen Szasz (born April 15, 1920 in Hungary) is Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York. ...Thomas Szasz — a co_founder of the CCHR — within the anti_psychiatry movement adds to this confusion.

External links

• Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) (http://www.cchr.org/)
• Psychiatric Times: Psychiatric Profession Current Target of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p961110.html)