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Human rights campaigns group Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK) has launched its Top 30 List of the leading lights working in this sector for 2013.

Essential reading for anyone working in this sector or with an interest in human rights and social justice in healthcare, this year's list showcases the top individuals and organisations that have done outstanding work in the arena of ethnicity and mental health as it relates to the UK's African Caribbean communities in the past 12 months.

This year has seen many of the issues BMH UK has been campaigning against such as black deaths in custody and the highly coercive treatment and care meted out to this group when they come into contact with mental health services gain new ground.

BMH UK's Top 30the best of what is happening in this sector.

We want people to read BMH UK's Top 30 list for 2013 and be inspired to do even more in 2014.'

Read BMH UK's Top 30 List for 2013 here:

Government & public policy

Lord Herman Ouseley, has again proved to be a voice for the voiceless at the heart of power throughout 2013. He has consistently spoken out or raised questions in the Lords on behalf of BMH UK on the treatment of black people who come in contact with mental health services. From ensuring this issue was raised in the debate tabled by Lord Paul Boateng on the needs of BME disabled people in January to publicly backing BMH UK's campaign against black deaths in custody.

Charles Walker MP, has proved to