Amnesty report - A bias that should not be tolerated

ANYONE who has been a victim of discrimination of any kind — racial, religious, gender or sexual or even cultural — will have brushed against one of the darker aspects of humanity.

People who are condemned because of who they are, where they come from or how they look or whatever illnesses befall them, face challenges those of us who imagine ourselves normal would find utterly unacceptable.

Yesterday Amnesty International Ireland reported that as many as 95% of people who have suffered mental health issues believe they have been discriminated against because of their condition.