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June 18, 2026 News Release

Bulgaria Licensed Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators

EU, Member States Should Tighten Controls

Bulgaria licensed the export of intrusion software and/or telecommunications interception systems to authorities in Azerbaijan, who are known to have used surveillance technology to surveil journalists and civil society.
May 12, 2026 News Release

European Union: Surveillance Technology Sold to Rights Violators

EU Commission Needs to Strengthen Due Diligence, Transparency Rules

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December 8, 2025 News Release

Bulgaria: Delayed Coal Phaseout Fuels Health Harm

Air Pollution Puts Bulgaria at Risk of Breaching New Air Quality Standards

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March 10, 2025 News Release

Bulgaria: Saudi Activist at Risk of Deportation

Sofia Should Allow Resettlement to Third Country

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April 4, 2024 News Release

Bulgaria: Alleged Beating of Detained Saudi Activist

Investigate Abuse, Halt Unlawful Deportation

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Bulgaria: Don’t Deport Saudi Activist

Al Khalidi at Risk of Torture, Unfair Trial if Forcibly Returned

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December 21, 2023 Statement

Bulgaria: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

95th Session

September 8, 2023 Dispatches

Court Rules Bulgaria Must Recognize Same-Sex Relationships

Couple Wed in the UK, but Bulgaria Refused to Acknowledge It

Participants hold a LGBTQI flag as they take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in downtown Sofia, Bulgaria on June 17, 2023.
December 8, 2022 Dispatches

EU Should Stop Illegal Migrant Pushbacks at its Borders

Reports With Video, Audio Confirm Violent Pushbacks

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May 26, 2022 Report

Bulgaria: Migrants Brutally Pushed Back at Turkish Border

The EU Should Act to Stop Illegal and Dehumanizing Pushbacks

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April 13, 2022 News Release

Bulgaria: Free Online Textbooks for Ukrainian Refugees

Other European Companies Should Follow Suit

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November 15, 2021 Commentary

Immigrant Detention Is Expensive, and Alternatives Are Just As Effective

Case Management Programs Cost Less and Are More Humane than Imprisoning Asylum Seekers

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November 3, 2021 News Release

Alternatives to Immigration Detention

Pilot Programs Point Way to Rights-Respecting Models

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February 11, 2021 Dispatches

Child of Lesbian Mothers Has Right to Bulgaria Citizenship

“Baby S” Runs Risk of Being Stateless

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October 8, 2019 News Release

Bulgaria: Despite Court Order, Australian Still Detained

Clarify Legal Basis Or Release

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