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Indonesia ratifies UN Convention

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The House of Representatives of the world’s fourth-most populated country ratified the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday.

When the treaty was formed in 2006, Indonesia was the ninth out of 83 countries to sign …

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“Living in chains”

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A recent National Public Radio report investigates the isolation and unique challenges of Indonesia’s people with mental disabilities.

One of the individuals profiled in the report, Nenjah, a 35-year-old man with schizophrenia, spent nearly a decade chained to a concrete pit, …

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