The US State Department: Bulgaria continues to have a problem with the protection of human rights – From the day

Bulgaria continues to suffer from serious problems with the protection of human rights, the State Department of the United States stated in its report for last year.

According to the authors of the report, there are credible reports of torture and cruel treatment of citizens by state authorities, serious problems with the independence of the judiciary, serious corruption in the authorities, crimes and threats motivated by anti-Semitism.

The sources that the State Department refers to are mostly non-governmental organizations such as the “Anti-Corruption Fund”, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the Association of European Journalists. The ex-wife of the investigator Petyo Petrov-Evroto is quoted as saying that her ex-husband influenced prosecutors through bribery and influence peddling, extortion and incentives for career development.

The violence of police officers against demonstrators during the protest against the BFS last November is recalled, as well as the civil cases filed against Atanas Chobanov and other journalists for articles alleging corrupt practices in the construction of road infrastructure.

Worked on the publication: Vencislav Vassilev

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