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After 'Deborah': 25 organizations alert that the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence is still not being implemented.
The Coalition "Together Against Violence," comprising 25 civil organizations, of which the BHC is a part, called on Prime Minister Acad. Nikolay Denkov, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel, and ministers from the cabinet in an open letter to accelerate the implementation of the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence adopted last year.
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The Prosecutor's Office should do its job
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee is appealing the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office's refusal to take action to terminate the party Revival. The Chief Prosecutor has not yet responded as to whether he intends to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court.
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The mistreatment of psychiatric patients continues
The Committee Against Torture has issued a new report following its visit to psychiatric institutions in our country in 2023.
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A new BHC report reveals how the media misinformed during the COVID crisis
Most media uncritically presented the government’s policies and actions in a favourable light
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee again has access to psychiatric hospitals
След девет години с отказан достъп на БХК до психиатричните институции в страната, от началото на 2024 г. организацията вече може да осъществява обичайните посещения в затворените институции с цел наблюдение на спазването на човешките права на пациентите там.
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The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee has joined an appeal to the Members of Parliament from civil organizations.
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (БХК) has joined an appeal to the Members of Parliament from civil organizations in connection with the upcoming procedures for the election of authorities with expired mandates on January 9, 2024. The appeal is also supported by the following organizations: Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives, Anti-Corruption Fund, Association of European Journalists - Bulgaria, Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Bulgarian Centre for Non-Profit Law, Institute for Market Economics, Institute for Public Environment Development, Centre for Liberal Strategies, and the Centre for Assessment of Legislative Impact.
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee questions the Ministry of Interior regarding the case of obituaries of Hitler placed at the entrance of the Synagogue
Regarding the scandalous case of obituaries with the image of Adolf Hitler posted at the entrance of the Sofia Synagogue, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee has sent a written inquiry to the director of the Sofia Directorate of Internal Affairs.
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BHC wins lawsuit over faulty COVID vaccination of children
Българският хелзинкски комитет (БХК) спечели окончателно дело срещу Министерство на здравеопазването заради неправилно поставени ваксини на две деца по време на КОВИД епидемията през декември 2021 г. и отказ да им бъде издаден сертификат за ваксиниране. Решението на Върховния административен съд излезе в началото на декември 2023 г. Съдът се произнесе изцяло в полза на двете жалбоподателки на БХК.
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The protesters in support of Deborah and the 'Awakening Women' are the new 'Person of the Year'
The highlights this year were women's rights and the fight against domestic violence.