European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes thursday january 7,19b6 new soviet Law addresses mental health care abuses Moscow a a new Law makes it a crime to commit mentally healthy people to psychiatric institutions and establishes an appeals process Tor menial patients and their family members the Tass news i Poncy said. The legislation reported on this week appears to be part of soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev s Effort to increase openness in soviet society by loosening some restraints. It provide for Legal guarantees against possible errors and malpractices in providing psychiatric assist Ance to the population Tass said. Among of her things in establishes rules for the original examination the rendering of psychiatric Aid and the emergency Hostila Bizalion of mental patients posing a danger to themselves and to  Tass said the statute provides for mandatory confinement of citizens who commit dangerous offences but in did not say whal crimes that covered. The report made no mention of complaints Hal i i ens arrested for political dissent and human rights activities have been delivered by government agents to menial hospitals. He was released in february 19s7 during a nationwide review of dissident cases but was stripped of soviet citizenship and forced to emigrate. Dozens of other political activists were committed 10 mental hospitals during the Kremlin s crackdown on dissent in the late 1960s and 1970s. Many were released last year when the supreme soviet the Nomi Nal parliament conducted its review of those sentenced for anti soviet activity. The criminal code is being rewritten to specify the forced medical  procedures to be applied to mental patients who have committed socially danger Ous offences and to make the illegal commitment of a patently healthy person to a mental Hospital a criminal offence Tass reported. It said that under lire new code diagnoses would be performed at mental hospitals of the stale health serv ice and that legislative instruments were being worked out to have the soviet prosecutor s office Monitor compliance with the new regulations a troupe of Masai dancers in Nairobi entertains fishing British prime minister Margaret thu chm. Kenyan president urges Thatcher to Back sanctions against s. Africa Nairobi Kenya a president Daniel Arap Moi on tuesday urged British prime minister Marga ret Thatcher to support sanctions aimed at forcing South Africa to end us apartheid policies a spokesman said. Moi told Thatcher that her criticism of apartheid has made no Impact on the South african government and that in was Lime she started backing sanctions said a spokesman for the British prime minister Thatcher argued that change was under Way in South Africa and sanctions would Hurt companies bringing social changes through their hings. Said the spokesman who briefed 25 British journalists travel ing Wajih thalcher on her five Day visit to Kenya and Nigeria. At a state banquet in her Honor Thatcher condemned apartheid policies of the while minority government of South Africa but she avoided mentioning sanctions. We All agree that apartheid is an utterly repulsive and detestable system and in must go she said. What 1 want to Sec in South Africa is a society based not on color but on Merit and on Equality of Opportunity. I have no doubt that change will come in South Africa. But change has to come from within. And it must be peaceful she added. To her speech thalcher announced Kenya would receive an additional s30 million in Grants. Thalcher. Who began her Ihrck Day visit to Kenya on monday told Moi she had not ruled out lire possibility of a visit 10 South Africa if she thought it would be helpful the British press association reported. The British prime minister s Oppositi Ion to mandatory sanctions against South Africa has put her at Odds with most african leaders. During october s common wealth Summit in Vancouver Canada african leaders vilified Thatcher for her anti sanctions stance but she stood her ground. In speaking with thalcher Moi also expressed his concern about Kenya s image in the Western Media. Moi has been angered about rear or of human rights abuses in Kenya and Lias been especially critical of British reporting. The tics Between Britain and Kenya arc the closest of any of the 15 sub Salman african countries for Merly under British Rule. Kenya is second Only to India in the amount of British Aid and earns most of its foreign Exchange by Selling to britons. By South african Law and custom apartheid establishes a racially segregated society in which the 26 million Blacks have no vote in National affairs. The 5 million Whites control the Economy and maintain sep Arate districts schools and health services. Group dumps carcass in Bear Hunt protest Athens Greece a environmentalists tuesday dumped the remains of a Brown Bear outside the agriculture undersecretary s office to protest illegal Hunting of the animal. The protesters said eight of Greece s Esti mated 50 Brown bears were kilted by poachers in the past three weeks. Last Winter nine bean were destroyed. This year it s already eight. At this rate they la be est incl in Greece before the decade ends said Costas Tsipras a spokesman for the Environ mentalists. The protesters left the a foot Long skinned car Cass of the Bear and hundreds of spent cartridges in 3 corridor outside the office of Costas taiga rides. Powdered ants favored As health food in China Beijing at1 for a bracing elixir once prize by the emperors of China try powdered ants. Chinese experts say. The official China daily said wednesday that powdered ants contain As much protein As soy Beans or prawns and arc Rich in such minerals 05 Zinc needed for healthy growth in children and to prevent premature aging. The daily said anti were a delicacy on the menu at China s Imperial court for 3,000 years. In said wineries in Beijing and Eastern China s i angst province arc turning out and tonics which have proved to be very beneficial to the health. Hungary Grants citizens unlimited travel to West Budapest Hungary a lines formed before Dawn oils week oils id pass port offices in Budapest As hungarians rushed to gel new Stamps permitting unlimited trips to the West. Under More Liberal rules on travel abroad introduced on new year s Day hungarians can get their passports stamped with the equivalent of a $10 Mark valid for All travel abroad including to Western countries previously Only travel to East bloc coun tries a unrestricted. Hungarians could acquire j400 in hard currency for a trip to the West Only once every three years. Annual trips were permitted if the applicant had a guarantee that All costs would be met by rela Tives or friends in the West. Rules on the minimum amount of hard cur Rency needed for travel abroad also have been relaxed slightly. Crocodile Leader wins but loser is honoured Kuala Bumpur Malaysia a Magub lost the Battle to become King of the Lake but he six hour fight to the death earned him a place in a museum the new Straits times newspaper reported wednesday. Before an audience of about 100 other Croc Odiles the 1,760-Pound Jagush look on Crocodile Leader Johnny in a bout for supremacy saturday in the Lake Al . Noor recreation Park the paper said. Rangers at the Park 120 Miles North of Kuala Bumpur said they decided Jagush would be mounted and preserved it the Park museum in Honor of his courage. The paper said Jagush challenged Johnny who weighed just under a ton and Johnny prevailed Jagush died of big wounds sunday the report said. The rangers do not end eco other crocodiles to Challenge Johnny s Rule any time soon