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The following videos were produced by Lazarina Todorova in collaboration with Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI). Content may be disturbing to viewers.

Torment not Treatment (Serbia): Following a four year investigation, Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) released a report detailing the human rights abuses perpetrated against children and adults in Serbia with disabilities, forced to live out their lives in institutions. This video reel was distributed to local Serbian and international media.

Behind Closed Doors (Turkey): A video press release documenting human rights abuses in orphanages and psychiatric institutions in Turkey's mental health system. MDRI's findings were cited as a concern in the November 2005 EU Commission's report on human rights in Turkey and the use of unmodified ECT (electroconvulsive or "shock" treatment), featured in MDRI's report, was recently abolished at Bakirköy, Turkey's largest psychiatric hospital. This video was key to the campaign.

Hidden Suffering (Romania): Romania's segregation and abuse of infants and children with disabilities.

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