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We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), believe that restricting civil society participation in the work of the OSCE would be a tremendous setback for the Helsinki process and a betrayal of the spirit and founding values of this unique peace advancement initiative.

“The judgment is a success for the court itself, showing independence in a political environment currently dominated by racist narratives of the worst kind,” said Margarita Ilieva, director of Bulgarian Helsinki Committee’s Legal Program.

Liberties and EDRi initiated an open letter asking the Members of the European Parliament to withdraw Article 13 from the draft Copyright Directive. The letter was signed by 57 human rights and digital rights organisations.

In the run-up to the annual conference and general meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) in Beijing, China, the undersigned civil society organisations urge the IAP to live up to its vision and bolster its efforts to preserve the integrity of the profession.

This is the first agent of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to be found liable for discrimination because of church activist propaganda against non-Christian groups.

If the bill becomes law, organizations for magistrates, prosecutors and investigators would no longer be allowed to accept funding from foreign citizens or entities.

On July 4th, 2017 a group of members of the Bulgarian Parliament filed a draft amendment to the Judicial System Act.