Bulgaria

October 8, 2019

Bulgaria: Despite Court Order, Australian Still Detained

Bulgarian authorities should clarify the legal basis for the continued detention of an Australian citizen, Jock Palfreeman, or release him immediately.

Australia

October 8, 2019 News Release

Bulgaria: Despite Court Order, Australian Still Detained
Europe/Central Asia

October 2, 2019 News Release

Bulgaria: Human Rights Group Under Threat
Women's Rights

October 10, 2018 Commentary

Speak Out to Protect Bulgaria’s Women

Hillary Margolis
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Euronews

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January 20, 2016

Bulgaria: Pushbacks, Abuse at Borders

Halt Summary Returns, Beatings, Robbery of Asylum Seekers
April 28, 2014

Containment Plan

Bulgaria’s Pushbacks and Detention of Syrian and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants
October 8, 2002

Arms Trade, Human Rights, and European Union Enlargement: The Record of Candidate Countries

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September 6, 2018 Dispatches

Bulgaria Stands up for the Rights of People With Disabilities

Lea Labaki
Junior Researcher and Advocate, Disability Rights Division
September 3, 2018 News Release

Cluster Munition Coalition Statement on Stockpile Destruction to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Eighth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva
July 30, 2018 Commentary

From the Americas to the Far East, Courts Are Advancing LGBT Rights

Published In: The Advocate
February 5, 2018 Commentary

EU needs commitment to rights in West Balkans

Todor Gardos
Researcher, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: euobserver
June 5, 2017 Dispatches

Sofia LGBT Pride Should Showcase a Tolerant Bulgaria

Kyle Knight
Senior Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
February 16, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: What Bulgaria’s “Respect” for Refugees Really Looks Like

Lydia Gall
Senior Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
January 20, 2016 Report

Bulgaria: Pushbacks, Abuse at Borders
September 18, 2015 Commentary

Europe's Refugee Crisis Isn't Only About Syria

Peter Bouckaert
Director, Emergencies

Published In: Foreign Policy
March 31, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Stopping ‘Pushbacks’ at Bulgaria’s Border

Lydia Gall
Senior Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
January 29, 2015 News Release

EU: Lackluster Commitment to Rights Protection
September 18, 2014 News Release

Bulgaria: New Evidence Syrians Forced Back to Turkey
September 17, 2014 Commentary

The EU Must Take More Responsibility for the Migrants Risking Their Lives to Reach Italy

Benjamin Ward
UK Director (Acting) & Deputy Director, Europe & Central Asia Division

Published In: The Independent

Lydia Gall

Senior Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans LydsG

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March 30, 2020

Indian lockdown puts poor at risk: Hungary's prime minister set to seize unlimited power today; displacement camps in Myanmar are a possible catalyst for COVID-19; detained Libyans are at heightened risk for COVID-19; concerns for those in immigration detention in Europe, too; coronavirus is obstructing the painstaking path to equal pay in sports; the US should be supporting international justice rather than undermining it; and Portugal grants temporary residency status to all asylum seekers and migrants.

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