Gaza mental health program demands international protection for civilians

[ 11/12/2008 - 02:51 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

The Gaza Community Mental Health Program has asked the international community to extend immediate protection to the Palestinian citizens especially those besieged in the Gaza Strip.

The GCMHP has said in a statement on the occasion of the international day for human rights that Palestine was witnessing a large scale violation of human rights due to the endless Israeli aggressions and the tightening political and economic siege on the Palestinian population.

The Israeli hermetic closure of all Gaza commercial crossings had led to paralyzing all aspects of life in addition to an almost complete collapse of the economy, the program said.

It added that the ensuing soaring rates of poverty and unemployment had greatly and seriously affected the Palestinian citizens' physical and mental health.

Mental disturbances soared in Gaza as depression, anxiety and physical disturbances resulting from psychological reasons were on the rise, the program noted, adding that the people are increasingly angry with the world community for not interfering to realize their just rights as a people including self-determination, statehood and sovereignty.

GCMHP warned of the serious results of such conditions that would include a sharp deterioration in the populace's mental health, and asked the world community to pressure the Israeli government into halting its scheme to strangle the Gaza Strip.

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