| A US-based human rights group is accusing Romania | | | | investigation into care facilities for the disabled. The |
| of subjecting children with disabilities to intolerable | | | | director of the human rights group is calling on |
| conditions in state-run facilities. | | | | Romania and the EU to stop treatment he says |
| In a report released Wednesday, advocacy group | | | | violates international human rights law. |
| Mental Disability Rights International says disabled | | | | The report's release comes as Romania seeks to join |
| children are being neglected in adult facilities. | | | | the European Union. |
| The group says an 18-month investigation found | | | | Romanian officials say the nation has made major |
| emaciated teenagers, disabled children covered in | | | | reforms in children's care since the system's failures |
| sores and filth and restrained by bedsheets, and | | | | were exposed after the fall of dictator Nicolae |
| infants confined to cribs without any physical contact. | | | | Ceausescu's regime in 1989. |
| Romanian officials have confirmed some of the | | | | Some information for this report was provided by |
| allegations, but deny the abuses are widespread. | | | | AFP, AP and Reuters. |
| Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu has ordered an | | | | |