Article: Bulgaria -- Disabled women condemned to 'slow death'.

M2 PRESSWIRE-11 October 2001-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Bulgaria -- Disabled women condemned to 'slow death' (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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It is a sad irony that on World Mental Health day disabled women in Sanadinovo Home, a Bulgarian institution, continue to be condemned to a 'slow death', Amnesty International said today.

On 1 October 2001 representatives from Amnesty International, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and Mental Disability Rights International visited a state institution for mentally disabled women in the village of Sanadinovo, Bulgaria. The delegation found that the material conditions and the lack of ...

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