Editing Thomas Szasz (section)

==Citizens Commission on Human Rights==

In 1969, Szasz and the [[Church of Scientology]] co-founded the [[Citizens Commission on Human Rights]] (CCHR) to oppose involuntary psychiatric treatments. Szasz served on CCHR's Board of Advisors as Founding Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cchr.org/index.cfm/7075 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128034907/http://www.cchr.org/index.cfm/7075 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 28, 2005 |title=CCHR's Board of Advisors |work=Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) |access-date=July 29, 2006 }}</ref> In the keynote address at the 25th anniversary of CCHR, Szasz stated, "We should all honor CCHR because it is really the organization that for the first time in human history has organized a politically, socially, internationally significant voice to combat psychiatry. This has never been done in human history before."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/faq/pg037.html|title=What is CCHR? |website=Church of Scientology |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030714134936/http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/faq/pg037.html|archive-date=2003-07-14}}</ref> In a 2009 interview aired by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], Szasz explained that he was an atheist and collaborated with Scientology only out of convenience, as an organization with money who were active in this cause.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Szasz speaks (Part 2 of 2)|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/thomas-szasz-speaks-part-2-of-2/3138880#transcript |series=[[All in the Mind (Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio)|All in the Mind]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio]] |date=11 April 2009|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222083956/http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/thomas-szasz-speaks-part-2-of-2/3138880#transcript|archive-date=22 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>