Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled against the Bulgarian state over the clash between supporters of nationalist party Ataka and Muslims outside Sofia's Banya Bashi mosque in 2011.

The lawsuit was initiated by Veli Karaahmed, one of the injured in the clashes, with the legal assistance of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC).

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has devoted a publication to the appalling living conditions and the complaints of repeated beatings at the Boytchinovtsi Correctional Home for juvenile prisoners.

The article, which is accompanied by a video, has reached German and Romanian media outlets.

Bulgarian reformatories are places where children are suffering from sexual harrassment, physical violence and deprivation of food, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee has warned.

The organization has carried out a study comprising ten institutions were minors are held for various offenses.

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has expressed indignation at the warning of Health Minister Petar Moskov that emergency medical teams will not enter Roma districts unless their safety is guaranteed.

The Euroroma party posed an ultimatum to the Stara Zagora Mayor Zhivko Todorov the stop the demolition of illegal Roma houses in the city, reports news.bg. 

The prosecution offered a plea bargain to two men, accused of an assault on a black woman in Sofia last month, said the human rights NGO Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC). 

Doctor Mila Bobadova is a veterinary doctor with almost 15 years of experience. She is of considerable internet fame, known for being very outspoken on various issues - mostly, but not limited to, animal rights and welfare.

Six complaints from five prisoners have been united in one trial, Neshkov et al. against Bulgaria, which indicates that the Strasbourg court intends to review Bulgaria's poor prison conditions as a systemic problem, Bulgarian National Radio reported.

Attacks on journalists are a direct threat to the whole society, Bulgaria's bTV channel said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement comes after bTV journalist Genka Shikerova's automobile was set on fire Tuesday night. She was victim to a similar case of arson back in September, but the perpetrator was not found.