Belmopan. April 8, 2020. 3:41 p.m.
It has come to the attention of the Mental Health Unit in the Ministry of Health that a perverted video is being circulated on social media in which persons are being instructed to perform sexual acts by unidentified persons. The Unit is aware that at least one of the victims suffers from a severe mental disorder.
The Ministry of Health is appalled at this assault on human dignity and is dismayed that these persons felt comfortable enough to record and share this video. The Ministry calls on all human rights actors to denounce this violation of the rights and dignity of mentally disabled persons and to strongly advocate for the most severe punishment to be levied against these violators by the appropriate authorities.
To avoid further violation of these persons, the public is strongly urged to refrain from circulating this video. In so doing, it begins the change of the culture of stigma, discrimination and victimization of vulnerable persons who live among us.
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