Petition urges closure of Ecuadorian ex-gay “torture clinics”

[The Philosopher]

from PinkNews.co.uk

A petition has been launched, demanding an end to Ecuadorian “torture clinics” allegedly designed to turn lesbians straight.

The petition, addressed to Ecuadorian Health Minister David Chiriboga, welcomes moves by the Ecuadorian government to close some 27 such clinics – but points out that over 200 are still open.

According to the petition letter, escaping patients have reported cases of physical and psychological abuse including verbal threats, shackling, days without food, sexual abuse, and physical torture – inflicted in an attempt to “cure” their sexuality.

Paula Ziritti, 24, who escaped after two years in one such facility, told of three months when she was shackled in handcuffs while guards threw water and urine on her. She also described numerous accounts of physical and sexual abuse.

She says: “The closure of the first clinics by the government is good, but not good enough. Why is the clinic where I suffered still open?”

...

The petition can be found on the website change.org, http://www.change.org/petitions/fiscal-general-del-estado-close-fake-clinics-that-torture-lgbt-in-order-to-cure-them">here.


http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/11/09/petition-urges-closure-of-ecuadorian-ex-gay-torture-clinics/">Click Here To Read More

[sakabatou]

1. All of thse therapy places should be closed

[midnight]

2. O crap... Tell me this isn't being funded by one of our great christian religions...

[joeybee12]

3. Jesus...how horrific...knr