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The Sickness of the EPO – Part V: Shedding Light on Institutional Abuse Against Ill and/or Disabled Individuals

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Sickness cartoon



Summary: The seriousness of the situation at the EPO and a call for action, which requires greater transparency, even if imposed transparency

"The sickness of the EPO," told us one reader over the weekend, is a reality. "Intimidation has become an efficient management tool at the EPO to improve the sick leave statistics. Techrights also reported how individuals being long-term sick or invalid are put under psychological pressure and punished with a kind of home arrest.



"And the regime's utter lack of empathy does not stop them from attacking disabled staff members. There is a recent case in The Hague where a disabled person was removed from a production unit. This is reality at the EPO in 2017."

For those who are just joining/catching up with this series, here are the previous parts, which so far only scratch the surface:



"I'll provide you with a comprehensive list of names of these "cooperating servants" serving in the OHS and Personal dept," one source recently suggested. What for? Well, there is a point to be made and something for everyone to be made aware of. "The list must be "comprehensive" in order to have a small identifiable "footprint"," our source explains. "Or I can provide you with a non-comprehensive list that you can complete from other sources before publication."

At this stage, we openly call for anyone with relevant information to get in contact with us. Complete or partial data would be fine. Once published, other anonymous readers could fill in the gap for us. A better understanding of this situation, as well as accountability through transparency, is required. People's lives are profoundly impacted by this.

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