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On Wednesday afternoon Sofia police detained 29-year-old P.K. on abduction charges. After being subjected to the lie detector test, he died in the police car en route to the precinct.

60-year-old Metodi Marinov dies after appearing for questioning on January 14

The European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgement in the case of Georgi Dimitrov v. Bulgaria, where it found a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention (treatment and investigation)

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered a judgement in the case of the so called "Alternative" Synod v. Bulgaria filed in 2004 in connection with the police raids on dozens of Orthodox churches

Eight human rights NGOs appeal for the release of Turkmen human rights activists Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khajiyev, held in custody since 2006 on trumped-up charges. The two are considered prisoners of conscience.

The New York Times features an article about the situation of people with mental disabilities in Eastern Europe and more specifically on Bulgaria.

MDAC client wins guardianship case in Bulgarian Supreme Court and declares "freedom is possible". MDAC Executive Director Oliver Lewis ends the year reflecting on this story

Across the former Soviet bloc, many mentally ill are without rights as a result of unrevised rules in place before free markets and democracy started taking hold, according to human rights groups, according to an article in the International Herald Tribute. And gives an example with the Bulgarian village of Pravda...

BHC marks 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by presenting its first annual Human Rights Award