Turkey Accused of Abusing Mental Patients (AP)
29th Sep 2005, 19:15 GMT
AP - A Washington-based human rights group has accused Turkey of subjecting mental health patients to serious abuses, including electric shock treatment without anesthesia, and is urging the European Union to demand an end to the practices.
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