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	Bulgaria Human Rights
		Human rights monitors reported that they received many complaints from persons who were too intimidated to lodge an official complaint with the authorities.
		Human rights observers reported that in many localities, children could be held for months in educational boarding schools on the basis of police referral before a local commission convened to make a decision on the case (see Sections 1.e.
		Human rights monitors were sharply critical of the serious deficiencies in government-run institutions for children, including orphanages, educational boarding schools (reform schools), facilities for children with mental disabilities, and shelters for homeless children.
	www.nationbynation.com /Bulgaria/Human.html (9951 words)

	Bulgaria Human Rights Practices, 1996
		Human rights observers charged that the security forces are not sufficiently accountable to Parliament or to society and that the resultant climate of impunity is a major obstacle to ending police abuses.
		Human rights groups report that the Government does not adequately assist homeless and other vulnerable children, notably Romani children, and that security forces harass, physically abuse, and arbitrarily arrest and detain Romani street children.
		A European human rights organization concluded in a September 1995 report that criminal suspects arrested by the police run a significant risk of being mistreated at the time of their apprehension or while in police custody and on occasion may be subject to severe mistreatment or torture.
	www.hri.org /docs/USSD-Rights/96/Bulgaria96.html (8209 words)

	Human Rights in Bulgaria in 2003
		Bulgaria of 11 December 2003, the European Court of Human Rights found a breach of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to the disciplinary punishment of a prisoner in 1998, in that the prisoner's hair was fully cut before he was placed in an isolation cell.
		Bulgaria, where the Court found a breach of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, a prisoner had been confined to an isolation cell for seven days on account of moderately insulting comments about the justice system and the prison administration made in a manuscript not meant for publication.
		Bulgaria, in which the Court found a breach of Article 8 of the Convention concerning the expulsion of an alien whereby his ability to communicate with his family had been prejudiced [endnote 13].
	www.bghelsinki.org /annual/en/2003.htm (11018 words)

	2005 Country Report on Human Rights in Bulgaria
		Human rights groups claimed that medical examinations to investigate police abuses were not properly documented, that allegations of police abuse were seldom investigated thoroughly, and that offending officers were very rarely punished.
		Human rights groups claimed that the structure of judicial authority represented a serious obstacle to the accountability of law enforcement officers for alleged human rights abuses.
		Human rights monitors reported that the attackers, who disseminated racist leaflets to passengers, were members of a nationalistic group that had a gathering the same day.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61641.htm (10992 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Human rights groups report that the Government does not adequately assist homeless and other vulnerable children, notably Romani children, and that security forces harass, physically abuse, and arbitrarily arrest and detain Romani street children.
		A European human rights organization concluded in a September 1995 report that criminal suspects arrested by the police run a significant risk of being mistreated at the time of their apprehension or while in police custody and on occasion may be subject to severe mistreatment or torture.
		Citizens have the right to change their government and head of state through the election of the President and of the members of the National Assembly, although the constitutional prohibition of parties formed on ethnic, racial, or religious lines has the effect of circumscribing access to the political process for some groups (see Section 2.b.).
	www.usemb.se /human/1996/europe/bulgaria.html (8152 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights in Bulgaria
		Human rights observers charged that police sometimes handled minor offenses by arresting suspects, beating them, and releasing them within a 24-hour period, so that no judicial involvement was required (see Section 1.d.).
		The Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights was active in highlighting areas of concern throughout the year and introducing legislation to combat abuses of human and civil rights.
		Human rights monitors were sharply critical of the serious deficiencies in government-run institutions for children, including orphanages, educational reform boarding schools, facilities for children with mental disabilities, and shelters for homeless children.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41674.htm (9919 words)

	1993 Human Rights Report: BULGARIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One Bulgarian human rights group alleged that the 1992 death of MRF deputy Svilen Kapsuzov in an automobile accident was a case of political murder.
		Several human rights groups made credible charges that the new law, which allows police under some circumstances to enter homes without first obtaining a warrant, was unconstitutional because it provided excessively broad powers of search and entry.
		Bulgaria, as a member state of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, has undertaken to respect the right of individuals and groups freely to establish their own political parties or other political organizations.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/democracy/1993_hrp_report/93hrp_report_eur/Bulgaria.html (6933 words)

	1995 Human Rights Report: BULGARIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Some human rights observers criticized these and previous indictments, asserting that the activities in question were political and economic in nature, not criminal.
		Domestic and international human rights organizations expressed concerns over the Government's handling of asylum claims and reported that there may be cases in which bona fide refugees are forced to return to countries where they fear persecution.
		A human rights NGO was able to gather new evidence implicating individuals in the crime and has asked the Chief Prosecutor to resume the investigation; no action has yet been taken.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_eur/Bulgaria.html (6640 words)

	Bulgaria Human Rights Practices, 1997
		Human Rights Project reported that in April two Romani theft suspects in Nedyalsko were handcuffed by police and tied to a tractor.
		Human rights observers expressed concern that illegal wiretaps may persist; speculation was fueled by an incident in January when, immediately after a journalist revealed in a telephone conversation his possession of a videotape allegedly incriminating the security services in police brutality, the police arrived at his home and confiscated the tape.
		Domestic and international human rights organizations complained that the asylum process is slow (it can take up to 4 years), and that many of those who have been granted refugee status have yet to receive the necessary documents enabling them to move about freely and work.
	www.hri.org /docs/USSD-Rights/97/Bulgaria97.html (10807 words)

	Human Rights in Bulgaria in 2004
		Bulgaria, the government was found at fault for unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of a religious community, expressed in its lack of neutrality in a dispute between rival groups, and favoring one of them.
		Bulgaria, in Paragraph 104 of which the court stated that Fikri Hasan and his group could not effectively dispute the unlawful state interference in the internal affairs of their religious community, and thus fight for their right to organizational autonomy, which is guaranteed by Art.
		Bulgaria, from October 2001, in which Bulgaria was found guilty of violating the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, in 2004 the Bulgarian authorities continued to violate the right of Bulgarian citizens with Macedonian self-identification to freedom of peaceful assembly.
	www.bghelsinki.org /annual/en/2004.htm (18030 words)

	Human Rights Report - Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Human rights monitors reported that they received many complaints from persons who were too intimidated to lodge an official complaint with the authorities.
		Human rights observers considered educational boarding schools (formerly known as Labor Education Schools), to which problem children could be sent, as little different from penal institutions (see Section 5).
		Domestic and international human rights organizations complained that the adjudication process was slow, but the UNHCR noted that the Agency for Refugees began a major restructuring project to reduce the adjudication time to a period of 3 months; the project was expected to take 4 years.
	www.usembassy.bg /embassy/human_rights_04.html (9862 words)

	University of Minnesota Template Page
		The Committee notes with satisfaction the considerable progress made by the Government of Bulgaria since November 1989 in bringing gradually its national legislation, particularly its Constitution in conformity with the provisions of the Covenant and other international human rights treaties to which Bulgaria is a party.
		The recognition by Bulgaria of the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from individuals under the Optional Protocol is of particular importance for the effective implementation of the Covenant by the State party.
		The lack of independent national institutions in Bulgaria that monitor the development and protection of human rights is under such circumstances a handicapping factor.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/hrcommittee/bulgaria1993.html (769 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Publications: Europe and Central Asia : Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		According to information provided by Bulgaria to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, all Bulgarian men are subject to military service after turning 18 and the law does not provide for the possibility of accepting volunteers in the army at a lower age.
		After conducting a fact-finding mission to Bulgaria in the spring of 1996, Human Rights Watch concludes that street children are often subjected to physical abuse and other mistreatment by police, both on the street and in police lockups, and by skinhead gangs, who brutally attack the children because of their Roma (Gypsy) ethnic identity.
		After conducting a fact-finding mission to Bulgaria in the spring of 1996, Human Rights Watch concludes that street children are often subjected to physical abuse and other mistreatment by police, both on the street and in police lock-ups, and by skinhead gangs, who brutally attack the children because of their Roma (Gypsy) ethnic identity.
	www.hrw.org /hrw/pubweb/Webcat-18.htm (857 words)

	The European Convention on Human Rights, Bulgaria, and the Protection of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bulgaria is a member of the Council of Europe since 1992, and has ratified the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and its 1st, 4th, 6th and 7th Protocols.
		Decisions of the European Court on Human Rights against Bulgaria have brought about amendments in the national law and change in the legal practice related to human rights.
		Since Bulgaria has already initiated negotiations for joining the European Union, it is of a great importance for the country to ensure the protection of human rights - the last being one of the criteria for admission.
	depts.washington.edu /reecas/events/conf2001/abstr01/spassova.htm (158 words)

	THE STATUS, ROLE AND AUTHORITY OF SECURITY SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN REGION
		Bulgaria is very prepared to excuse limitations of human rights on the basis of national security.
		Human rights are also violated by the recently established internal revenue police who use information from informers to find people hiding assets.
		In Bulgaria, the law provides that the counterintelligence service can collect information on persons who are "connected with": one, the activities of foreign intelligence services; two, violations or threats to the "unity of the nation;" three, activities aimed at violent change of the constitutionally-established order.
	www.cnss.org /warsaw/status.html (3183 words)

	European Court of Human Rights Finds Bulgaria in Breach of European Human Rights Standards in Police Abuse Case
		On June 13, 2002, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg found Bulgaria in breach of several provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in a case involving the death of a young Romani man while in police custody.
		Bulgaria, was filed with assistance from the European Roma Rights Center, an international public interest law organization based in Budapest.
		The European Court of Human Rights ruling in Anguelova has vindicated the efforts of one Romani mother to see that her son's death receives justice.
	www.statewatch.org /news/2002/jun/12bulgaria.htm (780 words)

	European Court of Human Rights Finds Bulgaria in Breach of European Human Rights Standards in Police Abuse Case
		On June 13, 2002, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg found Bulgaria in breach of several provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in a case involving the death of a young Romani man while in police custody.
		Bulgaria, was filed with assistance from the European Roma Rights Center, an international public interest law organization based in Budapest.
		The European Court of Human Rights ruling in Anguelova has vindicated the efforts of one Romani mother to see that her son's death receives justice.
	www.poptel.org.uk /statewatch/news/2002/jun/12bulgaria.htm (780 words)

	Bulgaria's Struggle to Make Sense of EU Human Rights Criteria
		Bulgaria's efforts to comply with EU human rights criteria for accession expose profound inconsistencies in EU human rights standards.
		The most obvious locus of human rights standards in Europe - the Council of Europe's European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, is not uniformly adhered to by all Member States, some of whom have not ratified certain of its protocols.
		Indeed, the legislative enthusiasm of Bulgaria with respect to international human rights law resulted in rapid ratification of charters and conventions, to which many Member States are still not parties.
	www.eumap.org /journal/features/2001/oct/bulgariastr (1743 words)

	stopVAW -- Research and Reports
		Bulgaria and other countries are a part of a large human trafficking network.
		Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2003 (Events of 2002), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 24 June 2003.
		The survey includes an overview of the scope of the problem and a summary of the role of the UN Trafficking Protocol and the human rights standards that should be applied in ant-trafficking legislation.
	www.stopvaw.org /Research_and_Reports_Bulgaria.html (1737 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Europe and Central Asia : Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Violence against children is a bigger problem than governments acknowledge, and in fact is often carried out by officials of the state, Human Rights Watch charged in a new study released today.
		Human Rights Watch pointed out that it would be negligent for Clinton to visit Bulgaria without addressing the country's long history of supplying weapons to human rights abusers.
		NATO and the European Union should press Bulgaria to stop transferring weapons to armed forces that are guilty of human rights abuse, Human Rights Watch said today.
	www.hrw.org /europe/bulgaria.php (1435 words)

	Privacy and Human Rights 2003: Bulgaria
		This right shall not be exercised to the detriment of the rights and reputation of others, or to the detriment of national security, public order, public health and morality.
		In November 2000, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), a party of Ethnic Turks, reported that its leaders were being monitored by the security services.
		Bulgaria is a member of the Council of Europe and has signed and ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
	www.privacyinternational.org /survey/phr2003/countries/bulgaria.htm (1382 words)

	JURIST Bulgaria - Bulgarian law, legal research, human rights
		The Bulgarian government is comprised of four main branches—(1) the President, (2) the unicameral legislative body called the National Assembly, (3) the Council of Ministers chaired by the Prime Minister, and (4) the independent judicial system managed by the Supreme Judicial Council.
		The European Union Accession Report on Judicial Independence that was issued during the year reported that the SJC's mixed composition--including numerous appointees of Parliament, the Ministry of Justice, and representatives of other magistrates--and its mandate to represent the entire judicial system (judges, prosecutors, and investigators) make it an ineffective representative of judges and their independence.
		The Bulgarian Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens in 2001; however, while there were improvements in some areas, its human rights record was poor in other areas.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/bulgaria.htm (1089 words)

	MINELREL-L Archive (04211999-09:29:24-15291) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On the whole, the situation in most of the spheres of human rights violations, by now traditionally problematic for the country, did not change, and a setback was even observed in some of them.
		This deprives the asylum-seekers of effective protection of their rights, especially when the refusal for registration is informal and oral (which it usually is) and therefore difficult to prove.
		Asylum seekers are either detained upon arrival in Bulgaria in detention centres (mainly in Detention Centre in Drujba, close to Sofia airport, but also in other centres in the country), or in detention-like situations in the transit zone of Sofia airport.
	www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /minelres/archive/04211999-09:29:24-15291.html (1679 words)

	Rights hurdles face country - News news
		A report to the Council of Europe (CE) on human rights in Bulgaria is expected to highlight problems in the judicial system, police, psychiatric hospitals, and in treatment of the Roma minority.
		“Bulgaria is moving ahead and will become a full member of the EU after the necessary adaptations,” he added.
		He said there was concern about human rights across the world and Bulgaria, like many other countries, had problems.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/rights-hurdles-face-country/id_3509/catid_5 (374 words)

	Human rights in Bulgaria "at standstill"
		Bulgaria has little progress in the field of protection of human rights against torture, inhuman attitude and discrimination, according to Bulgarian Helsinki Committee.
		The international watchdog presented its annual report last week on the state of human rights in the country, highlighting the lingering protection of citizens against police abuse and torture, mainly in national prisons, Krassimir Kanev, chairman of the committee, said.
		The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee is an independent non-governmental organisation for the protection of human rights, operating in Bulgaria since July 1992.
	www.socialrights.org /spip/article1097.html (602 words)

	Scientology Volunteer Ministers Exhibit Effective Help For Today's Poland
		Brussels — With Bulgaria's January 2007 entry into the European Union approaching, this week's "Government & Religion" workshop, hosted by the Brussels-based Church of Scientology International European Public Affairs and Human Rights Office, concentrated on what is needed for Bulgaria to comply with European human rights standards.
		However, there are also human rights issues which must be addressed, such as freedom of expression, religious freedom, discrimination against national and ethnic minorities, and conditions in prisons and other institutions.
		Krassimir Kanev, Chairman of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, opened the workshop with a presentation titled Human Rights in Bulgaria in the Eve of the EU Accession.
	www.scientologyreligion.org /news/pg074.html (401 words)

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