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Issue 107		Concerning the recommendation of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance that domestic penal legislation should include a provision stating that racist motivation constitutes an aggravating circumstance, the Government states that this has been the established practice of the courts in Bulgaria. The Government has not cited court rulings in support of its statement. We do not know of any case where a Bulgarian court has imposed a heavier sentence, on the grounds that the racist motivation of the perpetrator constituted an aggravating circumstance.		OLD   Issue 103   Issue 88   Issue 85   Issue 82   Issue 77
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Initiation of a landmark litigative effort to enforce antidiscrimination in Bulgaria Third Report on Bulgaria by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance Margarita Ilieva Racism in the Dneven Trud newspaper Kamelia Angelova Something familiar is happening in the Rhodopes Fatme Myuhtar Bulgaria does not provide adequate protection for women victims of sexual violence Theodora Kroumova OBEKTIV DISCUSSION CLUB Can we put an end to the avalanche of judgments against Bulgaria in Strasbourg? Magistrates in Samokov refuse to investigate death of Romani man Rositsa Stoykova The short memory of Ljulin Municipality as the price of a child’s life Rositsa Stoykova How was the licence of Den TV revoked? Svetlana Bozhilova, Eva Kyoseva Hate speech in the Radio and Television Act and freedom of expression Krassimir Kanev Is the police getting closer to the public? Stanimir Petrov OBEKTIV DISCUSSION CLUB What is the future of media regulation in Bulgaria? Are there any rules for the administrative detention of foreign citizens? Iliana Savova Do juvenile correction institutions fulfill their educating function? Rositsa Stoykova A dangerous precedent Krassimir Kanev