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What we do
We document human rights violations
We monitor the human rights situation in Bulgaria since 1992. We provide Bulgarian and international institutions with expert reports and statements, informing legislators, state administration, as well as the broader society.
We provide free legal aid
We do strategic litigation in selected cases of violations of basic human rights in Bulgaria. We prioritise aiding vulnerable communities for whose members it is unlikely to have access to justice.
We do advocacy
We organise campaigns to inform broader Bulgarian and international society on the human rights situation in Bulgaria and we mobilise civil society for causes in defense of human rights.
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BHC: The illegal violence against the tent camp in front of the Soviet Army Monument must be investigated and sanctioned
The action demonstrates an anti-democratic ideology
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Prosecutor's Office should take action to dissolve the Vazrajdane Party
Signatories are also well-known public figures
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LGBTI people are the new target of 'poisonous' media arrows.
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the Association 'Organization Drom' presented a study and a report on 'The Image of Minority and Vulnerable Groups in Bulgarian Media'.
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Final: The Supreme Administrative Court convicted the newspaper "Trud" of homophobic Russian propaganda
Homophobic Russian propaganda is illegal
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The political party VMRO-BND engages in discrimination, ruled the Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD)
The Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD) imposed a fine of 1000 LV and a mandatory instruction on the Political party "VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement" (VMRO-BND) not to allow publications that promote prejudice against specific ethnic communities.
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Anonymous Notices Leave Residents of Orlandovtsi District in Sofia Homeless
Под заплаха е поставено оцеляването на невръстни деца, бременни, старци, хора с увреждания.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Spain for the failure of parliament to appoint judges to the judicial council.
The Bulgarian Parliament has also excessively delayed the appointment of new members to the Supreme Judicial Council, according to attorney Adela Kachaunova from the BHC.
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