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the 2040 people who have revealed the shade tree or disabled people you know maybe a state truck and some of them funded by the year even if so it's he's promised to go to susan floyd his own we've had fresh allegations about the collective mistreat of disabled people across eastern europe in the 1st of 2 special reports sarah spent years between 1st.

that october 29th teen and hundreds of people with disabilities op are testing in brussels. they're angry over human rights violations committed against disabled people in institutions across europe 7. 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 polish investigation we've traveled across europe to find out about

conditions in european institutions and state heavens. we've found shocking admission of abuse. and of particular concern some of these institutions have received funding from the european union. people and fast reporting 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 or is it like it. started out. i confronted a remaining minister with the evidence we gathered. what do you think about a moat 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 and she got in touch to tell me about a disturbing discovery she made here just this september. she came to see 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 will not top 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 hole is exactly this is what it is all around the residue exactly. there was no kitchen in this place say plates were washed in the same shallow as. 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 fates tied to the bed. georgiana made an urgent complaint about the treatment of people here. 3 weeks later where with her 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 georgianna wife the food cage is all still necessary for disabled people here. get back the other. privilege and get out of. what it. was. their ship or

largesse and what. we then had a view of management about sick you don't 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 need new homes will be created for disabled people . 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 the glass and abuse i feel ashamed that we are lost he wasn't out of the government but it's not as if these abuses have gone unreported over the past 5 years there has 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 a duel. in the county of alt a staff member is filmed physically and verbally abusing a 9 year old girl. to encourage their own 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 mania is the lack of money and the lack of resources. what is the. is the lack of understanding as. to why our abuse is continuing in this country. a journey in the transylvanian mountains heading to the county of soup you. are inquiry's 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 privilege and 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 out shoot 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 that's emblematic of the response of all forages in romania when it comes to the abuse of disabled people have. to just show calm or is the government my doctor knows a lot of thing for marty and can see that at the start of the flopped not wallow by

the feet or ask a question. that isn't general support but virtually sits was cared for by his sister a friend number of years aged 32 he was living at the time not sure 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 mass multiple. muslim upped 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 while yet of course the good out of the blood. there's now until it's gone they all post course on the old. food grass she had injuries on vassal his body and out his arms and out his ankles apparent ligature marks which raised disturbing questions. but once an album she now. investigating of has been didn't. missile format or for this is the above examples in a more open to the victim are so he forced the got. however the all 4 inches have continued to maintain vasily was not tied up when he was attacked they told us the center complied with minimum quality standards and to 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. for the most common not as moment romagna the risk when they see it would seem. up to. super insulin or the thing. is. that your.

arm doesn't need. a lot of artists warming up just the persona. to. put it deep frustration to some who've survived to bielski manias institutions is the big sister. elisabetta l.-e. to her friends was abandoned as a baby and lived in a chain of 8 different institutions as a child and a young woman the multiverse and for us. what is. she isn't for us a. i just. didn't get the email ya put it out there. this year it's artist institute. with the help of an artist ellie has written an extraordinary graphic autobiography recount of what it was night who are can remain in state.

my world. was for them there was a. child by a car a method. though that. thought out the. form and that of a child walk on that. they began to bet. that they said the. stamkos as. they are. any escaped and now lives independently in her in flat adjusting to freedom after decades of institutional life. uncle my our. my there was a look. at the process. along with

martin another survivor of institutions kelly is working with a charity intimate to refurbish apartments their health that they can create for disabled people still living in institutions. will close their 4th a lot of. said the. barnyard j r. r. 5 was no creating thousands of years apart of them and the shift here kyra 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 millions 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 remain but to really fade from places like this and the county judge. 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. a little there a little early in the book the will to make. we challenged an e.u. commissioner is there a concern that e.u. structural funds have gone into institutions in romania whether have been human rights abuses. we have no evidence if there's any evidence we will certainly follow up. returning to remain here this year we uncovered further

evidence on e.u. money and allegations of human rights abuses. turn a russian in the county of sinew an institution to children and young people with a range of disability and needs. when stories began circulating here that sex traffickers were preying on fun of all girls georgianna pascual try to find out. there were. interviews with children in that but the core awfully 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 authorities are planning a huge investment in the. disturbed by what she was hearing georgianna published

a report in 2014 detailing concerns. nevertheless investment funds flowed in and in 2015 the refurbished building was for me 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 new authorities 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 about it in. something like you appear to call usefulness

legalizing human rights abuses against people with disabilities rumanian government didn't respond to requests for a written statement on issues raised in our phone. but rumania is not the only european country where there are deep concerns about disabled people and human rights violations in state institutions. an investigation next took us to hungary another country in receipt of millions in a way for disabled people. this is an institution called top half an hour's drive from hundreds capital the past. and 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. that images change the treatment of other young people. stephen ireland from the ngo validity told me what they found when they visited top us in 2017 this is a young woman we were told was placed in this cage for her own safety she has epilepsy it was really horrible a shocking thing to see in 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 all suggests that he doesn't move very large. 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 and 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 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 a hunger 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 also it's to really stand with those who are not with us you're a liar their world. back in brussels a key demand from demonstrating is the end to institutional state. and . 2 i. was the it. was. the offices if you european commission

a symbolic protest about european union money to institution. that you might come up i den and development the european commission director comes to see what this protest is a word about a cunt painted. i then asked about human rights abuses. here 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 there's 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 say 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

see 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.

the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run cabins in these cages you can not have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight he has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years off to fast highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame part 2 on al-jazeera. he came from a wealthy background in paris and became an artist against his family's wishes he

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