Bulgaria
Bulgaria regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Bulgaria's hate crime laws are a combination of specific penalty enhancements and substantive offences. The data reported to ODIHR do not present separately cases of hate crime, incitement to hatred and discrimination. The authorities responsible for collecting hate crime data are the Interior Ministry's Co-ordination, Information and Analysis Directorate; the Supreme Judicial Council's Commission on Professional qualification, IT and statistics; the Supreme Court of Cassation's Criminal College; the Supreme Prosecutor of Cassation's Analysis Unit; and the National Statistical Institute.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2020 | 727 | 353 | 289 |
| 2019 | 22 | 432 | 155 |
| 2018 | 46 | 6 | 158 |
| 2017 | 22 | 9 | 9 |
| 2016 | 28 | 299 | 71 |
| 2015 | 704 | 752 | 135 |
| 2014 | 617 | 750 | 117 |
| 2013 | 651 | 300 | 239 |
| 2012 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | 29 | 41 | 10 |
| 2010 | 20 | 34 | 4 |
| 2009 | 20 | 22 | 9 |
About 2017 Data
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The numbers recorded by the police refer to cases registered under substantive offence and specific penalty enhancement provisions in the Bulgarian Criminal Code. The statistic provided by the Office of the Prosecutor indicates the number of pre-trial proceedings brought to court under provisions, some of which fall outside the OSCE's definition of hate crime. All official numbers include hate crime committed out of “hooligan motives,” which may fall outside of the OSCE's definition.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2017-12 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Office of Grand Mufti in Bulgaria
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Office of Grand Mufti in Bulgaria
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Office of Grand Mufti in Bulgaria
SETA
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Office of Grand Mufti in Bulgaria
SETA
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | Office of Grand Mufti in Bulgaria
SETA
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Office of Grand Mufti in Bulgaria
SETA
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Bulgaria have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.