The Washington Times ran an article entitled "Activist tells about torture and captivity," about Larisa Arap, a Russian human rights activist and researcher whose incarceration in a Russian mental hospital made international news. She visited Washington, D.C. last week, and The Washington Times reported, "The slight Mrs. Arap, a human rights activist and researcher, was detained by Russian military police in the course of a routine medical visit on July 5, less than a month after she collaborated on an article detailing a long list of abuses by local officials using 'punitive psychiatry' to deal with political dissidents and local troublemakers, including children… Released Aug. 20 after strong international protests and an intervention by Russia's official human rights watchdog, Mrs. Arap said she still suffers from her 46-day stay in psychiatric wards…
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