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The System Kills Us
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The System Kills Us (Bulgarian: Системата ни убива, romanized: Sistemata ni ubiva) is the name of a Bulgarian protest movement and association of mothers and legal guardians of children with disabilities, campaigning for disability rights and state support for disabled people.
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Системата ни убива | |
![]() Black flag used by protesters as its symbol | |
Formation | 18 April 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-18) |
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Founded at | Bulgaria |
Type | Protest movement and NGO |
Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Fields | Disability rights advocacy |
Key people | Vera Ivanova |
Secessions | "The System Kills Us All" |
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It uses a black flag, symbolizing death and mourning as its official symbol.[1][2][3]
The movement's goals revolve around securing state subsidies for disabled people and their families, especially for family members put in charge of caring for their disabled children. According to it, around 77,000 people in Bulgaria are in need of state support in order to secure a decent living.[4]