Bulgarian Members of the Parliament passed Thursday without any debates amendments to the Interior Ministry Act, aimed at limiting cases of police brutality.
The Bulgarian cabinet will vote on Wednesday amendments to the Interior Ministry Act, aimed at limiting cases of police brutality.
Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party has raised the alarm about a new case of police brutality.
Asked to comment on the growing public discontent over cases of police brutality in Bulgaria, Kalin Georgiev, Chief Secretary of the Interior Minister has claimed that police officers are executing their duties in accordance with the law.
It should be safe to assume that, with the exception of criminals, everyone wants effective action against crime in Bulgaria – and certainly not just for the sake of largely symbolic gain of admission to the Schengen visa zone.
Relatives of a Bulgarian man, sought by Europol, have complained of police brutality during his arrest in a shopping mall.
Bulgarian Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Kalin Georgiev will keep his office, it became clear following earlier reports he has filed his resignation with PM Boyko Borisov.
The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee has expressed its deep concern over the recent case that involved police brutality in the arrest of a Sofia family.
A Bulgarian family has reported it has been brutally and with no sound motivation detained by police, who after that went on to violently break in and search their home.