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a slogan that one of the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. think 2014 people in past revealed the shameful treatment of disabled people in romania state trying to have some of them funded by the us even if she's promised a book reviews yes but now 5 years on we've had fresh allegations about the neglect of ministry of disabled people across eastern europe in the 1st of 2 special reports sarah spent this between best.

well. that october 29th teen and hundreds of people with disabilities opp are testing in brussels. that angry over human rights violations committed against disabled people in institutions across europe. they claim that many european countries are ignoring international conventions designed to end the mistreatment of disabled people and their incarceration stagehands denying them the freedom to live in the community. for these 2 part investigation we've traveled across europe to find out about

conditions in european institutions and state heavens. we've found shocking admission of abuse. under oath particular concern some of these institutions have received funding from the european union. people and 1st reported on the abuse of disabled people in state institutions when we came to remain a 5 years ago. then we revealed. youngsters tied to beds. school age conditions. allegations of assault unless it like it. started out. i confronted a remain in minister with the evidence we gathered. what do you think about among your daughter bill citizens or what you get out of the ranch going to doing what they're what is necessary what they were have the means to do. now

5 years since the minister made that pledge i've returned here to investigate whether conditions for people with disabilities really have changed. i'm travelling in the county of madam or ash with human rights lawyer georgiana paskin she got in touch to tell me about a disturbing discovery she made here just this september. she came to see you too much to this institution for 34 disabled adults with intellectual disabilities. down these corridors she sold residence tied up and imprisoned. around this room 8 people were kept in 5 chambers made of plexiglas with metal frames. she showed me pictures she'd taken

when she came here she was told people were knocked up when they were agitated. in these cages you cannot have access to a toilet or a water. she saw these dormitories this shower room where residents were washed down with a hose. once in the washroom the residence with a hose exactly this is what it is all around the rest exactly. there was no kitchen in this place say plates were washed in the same showers. on a sole residence tied to beds. in this room she was told a man was brought after a medical examination under this sheet georgianna so that the resident was tied. the staff told us that he is very sick and he cannot speak and he has his hands and

his faith guides to the bed. georgianna made an urgent complaint about the treatment of people here. 3 weeks later where with pat as she tries to find out what's happened since. we were told to plexiglass cages had gone and we saw them dismantled. so had there been a real change in approach air we were told some residents had been moved to this state and we weren't allowed in but speaking from behind the gate one of the workers told georgiana wife the food cages are still necessary for disabled people here. about. privilege and a lot of. what it got for the start plus are there more largesse or what have.

we then heard the view of management about cicutto and disabled people this man is chief of institutions in secret too much he told us something he calls an isolation chambers could still be needed. for people with disabilities in the future. these october unofficial reports needed new homes will be created for disabled people in. under 2 forages had acquired approved a means of containment a system of immobilization of arms to the bed. in response to our questions. said residents were put in isolated on the recommendation of a specialist doctor when people will self destructive for aggressive and paste

a serious threat to themselves and others they said since residents were really hated accommodation and staffing had improved every time when i have to speak about the situation over may i have the stick about we're glad and abuse i feel ashamed to be honest he wasn't under the carpet but it's not as if these abuses have gone unreported over the past 5 years there have been a plethora of reports from around this country about the treatment of disabled people in a state home in bucharest a deaf boy is left tied to it all. in the county of alt a staff member is filmed physically and verbally abusing a 9 year old girl. to encourage severin county further allegations that youngsters in centers were virtually physically and

sexually abused. reports about medication this year the use of sedation in children centers around romania. i don't think that now the main problem is in the main you know is the lack of money and the lack of resources. what is the. is the lack of understanding. so why are abuses continuing in this country a journey in the transylvanian mountains heading to the county of superior. on fire is take us here to an institution near the town of tal much to. the conditions for some disabled people here downed over the past year. in the grounds a resident whose hands are tied. this is pavilion one where over 40 severely

disabled residents with intellectual disabilities with the surroundings are bleak and spartan. we understand there were over $160.00 serious incidents a time or 2 in the course of just 18 months the majority in pavillion one violence between residents needing to injuries including teeth pulled out and fractures there were also a suicide attempts. we traveled to meet an independent psychologist who's monitored conditions inside remain in institutions for the past 15 years an expert brought in to investigate the telemachus center a place he says it's emblematic of the responsible forages in rumania when it comes to the abuse of disabled people have. just shock on pushing these are a bore is a good man my doctor knows a lot of things for muncie see that at the start of the flopped not all over by the

5 feet ask the question. doctors doctors and general support but virtually sits was cared for by his sister a friend number of years aged 32 he was living at the time much you institution then on the 30th of july last year his sister got an unknown in call. the number listed it in the book at more than up of yet another massive. muslim up in a bottle at the mosque in a total amount of matter to multiple the teleport. is by the minute something like a bottle of mouth she found her brother in intensive care he'd been subjected to a brutal attack by another disabled resident she was told his eyes had been gouged out. more picked up what the once a word. well thought out lives. in for

a long while yet of course the good out of the blood. there's now until it's gone they all paused course on the old. food to grasp she had injuries on vassal his body and out his arms and out his ankles apparent ligature marks which raised disturbing questions. but once and i've been. in this to go you have just been didn't. missile format or some of this is because the world examples in a more open to the victim are so he forced the got. however they all for ages have continued to maintain vasily was not tied up when he was attacked they told us the center complied with minimum quality standards and that the director of the center had taken all necessary measures to optimally resolve the incident and to come to be ensure the integrity in safety of the other

institutionalized beneficiaries they also said that the center does not employ medical specialist which is why restraint procedures have never been employed by the center. in the meantime vasily now blind has been brought back to tom i choose to live in pavillion one the same place where he was attacked but his sister still wants her questions answered about why this brutal assault could have happened. or the more you open the bottle with the other. kids but also the bulk of the all married. and for the most common not as moment romagna risk when they see it would seem. up to. super insulin or the thing. is. that your.

arm doesn't need. a lot of artist or one artist or persona. to turn for a while or. put a deep frustration to some hoops applied to bielski manias institutions is the big sister. elisabetta l.-e. to her friends was abandoned as a baby and lived in a total of 8 different institutions the child the new young woman the multiverse and for us. what is. she isn't for us a. 'd i just. didn't get the email ya put it out there. this year it's artists. with the help of an artist only has written an extraordinary graphic autobiography account of what it was night can remain in state.

as for the. mood for a child by a car a method. though that. found that of a child walk on that. they began to bet. that they said the. stamkos as. they were there as all those they are. any escaped and now lives independently in here in flat adjusting to feed him after decades of institutional life. uncle my arm.

along with martin another supplier of institutions kelly is working with a charity into mush wiring to refurbish apartments better health that they can create for disabled people still living in institutions. will close there for them article. said the. barnyard j r. r. 5 was no creating thousands of years apart of them and fear card on what is the best and. it's fair go for the sun always a bit better that they get on with that. in fact the right of disabled people to live independently is a key e.u. policy unlike other member countries rumania has received billions in aid from the

european union for its disabled citizens. but 5 years ago we revealed how some of this money had been spent not to close institutions and remaining but to really change from places like this and the county of jesuit. we also revealed a scandal that european union funding had pooled in to remain in institutions like time tarver where there were allegations of serious human rights abuses. in the early the fall of the world to me. we challenged an e.u. commissioner is there a concern that is structural funds have gone into institutions in romania whether have been human rights abuses. we have no evidence if there's any evidence rules for. returning to remain here this year we uncovered

further evidence on e.u. money and allegations of human rights abuses. in the county of sinew an institution that children and young people with a range of disability isms needs. when stories began circulating here that sex traffickers were preying on fun noble girls georgianna pascual try to find out. there were 2 interviews with children in that but the core awfully that though some of the. girls did they just are involved in prostitution human trafficking against their will. at the time the e.u. and the remaining with more it is planning a huge investment in a little. disturbed by what she was hearing georgianna published

a report in 2014 detailing concerns. nevertheless investment funds played in and in 2015 the refurbished building was forming a. huge sums of e.u. money was spent on medications here seen in this footage supplied by a visitor. 3 years later a man was convicted of trafficking in c.p.u. we understand prosecutors evidence included testimony that a trafficker 1st approached girls in the institution asking 2011 year with or it is told us the girls were trafficking 2012 after they left turn a russian. in january this year georgiana confronted an e.u. official about the funding of 10 a russian she says the officials only response was to suggest the remaining government write them about it it's something that i call usefulness legalizing

human rights abuses against people with disabilities the roumanian government didn't respond to requests for a written statement on issues raised an awful. lot rumania is not the only european country where there are deep concerns about disabled people and human rights violations in state institutions. our investigation necks. took us to hungary another country in receipt of millions an easy way for disabled people. this is an institution called top half an hour's drive from hundreds capital the past. what's happened here has led to serious questions about the e.u.'s response when there are allegations of abuse. in footage

filmed inside the institution 2 years ago a disabled boy is trapped beneath his claim. and. the images show the treatment of other young people. stephen allen from the ngo validity told me what they found when they visited top us in 2017 this is a young woman who we were told was placed in this cage for her own safety she has epilepsy it was really horrible a shocking thing to see and keeping people in cages of course absolutely contravenes every human rights stand that there is this is a young man actually with down's syndrome is legs. very skinny this or suggests that he doesn't move very. and this is someone tied in reading tied to a pipe this is a completely unlawful form of restraint where this young man was known to be

particularly active able to move around and so what we understand stuff would tie his leg to the radiator and then finally this image you found i think you found. behind a knocking door didn't you behind a locked door that had had the handle removed which we were told there was no one inside to buy stuff he was standing in the middle of the room rocking making really distressed sounds it was extremely extremely distressing sight. stephen allen's engineer discovered tom had received funding from the european union. when we have ensured got a response over a year later the commission's reply was that this is not our responsibility this is the responsibility of hungary now we say that is incorrect both legally but also morally doesn't mean to say that we would let hungary off the hook either they

both need to answer for this but it's unacceptable and unsustainable frankly for the commission simply to say it's not it's not up to us go. we asked to hungary in government for a response to allegations about human rights violations which top house but received no reply was that it's not i'm reading to be. so proud and it beats it being here and all circuits to really stand with those who are not with us you're a liar they're. 6 back in brussels a key demand from demonstrating is the end to institutional state. and 2 i. was a. good. movie offices if you european

commission a symbolic protest about european union money to institution. that you might. then a development the european commission director comes to see what this protest is a word about a company a tulsa i then asked about human rights abuses. you know except that there are pieces inside institutions but one is gone and i wouldn't go that much details because i try to secure that wherever it's actually that's. the dissenters on it is that simple that those abuses take place absolutely i would say of course it's on the sex of absolute there except the from the human rights point to for a period between to see what's the european commission is going to do but now we are in a quite interesting stage because we are just conducting the negotiations for the future for syria i think this is important that this is important that people also

be this ability to speak about it. in part to this investigation we return to the european commission for a further interview with further questions. we traveled to bug area code up as a model for how even funding companies institutions and help disabled people live independently. this was a huge lie people never gain the control of their lives millions in weight has poured into a new model of living for disabled children youngsters and adults their cooled small group aims seen as an alternative to knowledge institutions of the past we expose the reality is inside them that we've seen is the perpetuation of neglect abuse and segregation that is human lives throughout it.

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