The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile (IICCMER) has filed a criminal complaint detailing systematic abuse and neglect that led to the deaths of hundreds of children in a state-run institution in Moreni-Ţuicani between 1970 and 1997. The facility, originally a hospital for chronically ill children, was transformed into a residence for children with severe disabilities deemed 'unrecoverable'. Under horrific conditions of malnutrition, lack of medical care, and inhumane treatment, mortality rates soared above 70% in some periods-especially between 1985 and 1989. Children transferred from orphanages in Arad and Satu Mare faced death rates of up to 76%. The complaint identifies state officials responsible for organizing and maintaining this deadly system, urging immediate judicial action. IICCMER demands recognition of these children as victims of communist crimes and calls for the truth to be preserved for future generations so such atrocities never recur.

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