Bulgaria: Arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of people with mental disabilities: Appeals cases

Index Number: EUR 15/010/2002
Date Published: 9 October 2002
Categories: Bulgaria, Europe And Central Asia

People with mental disabilities in Bulgaria suffer systematic discrimination and lack of respect for their most basic human rights. Conditions in social care homes for adults are often cruel, inhuman and degrading. These appeals cases examine conditionsin a number of social care homes for men, women and children.