More than 50 people protested in front of the Sofia Court House against the failure of prosecutors to bring action against perpetrators of hate crimes. "Now everyone is using hate speech because there is no case law in the field and everyone thinks they won’t be punished,” lawyer Orhan Tahir said through a megaphone. He cited the latest issues of ethnic and religious hatred, including hate speech against Syrian refugees, the expulsion of Syrian refugees by citizens of Rozovo village in an effort to make it ethnically pure and racist attacks against a number of Bulgarian citizens.
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Bulgarians Want Action against Hate Crimes
More than 50 people protested in front of the Sofia Court House against the failure of prosecutors to bring action against perpetrators of hate crimes. "Now everyone is using hate speech because there is no case law...
by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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