Campaigns on individuals cases

Petko Koshnicharski - killed as a result of excessive use of firearms by the police

On 9 October 2003, the condition of the mentally ill Petko Koshnicharski deteriorated. The team of 6 people who were called at his family house - two medical professionals and four police officers - proved unable to help him. In the reported dramatic circumstances that followed, he was shot with five bullets before the eyes of his family. More about the case>>

Social campaign

Campaign for improvement of the conditions in the social care institutions in Bulgaria

This campaign focuses on improving the conditions in the 52 social care institutions in the country, where men and women with mental disabilities live.

Since its start in the autumn of 2002, two of the worst institutions have been closed down - the one in Dragash Vojvoda, where 22 residents died over a 15-month period, and the one in Sanadinovo, notorious for its cage for human beings in the yard. More about the campaign>>