Kenya is breaking an international convention on the treatment of disabled people, according to human rights groups

In an open letter to Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki, the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry demanded action after a documentary highlighted problems in the country's decaying mental health system. Tina Minkowitz, president of the group, wrote that the documentary ""Locked Up and Forgotten" revealed that people with mental (psychosocial) and intellectual disabilities are being forced to live in conditions that violate their human rights." Other international and domestic groups are also demanding action in Kenya.