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Report Data - Bulgaria - 2012

19 November 2012

Official Data

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced About these data
2019 22 432 155
2018 46 6 158
2017 22 9 9
2016 28 299 71
2015 704 752 135

National developments

In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with ODIHR and FRA, organized a workshop for police and other criminal justice agencies involved in recording hate crimes. The workshop produced a set of recommendations on improving hate crime registration, which were provided to the Ministry to be conveyed to the Bulgarian authorities for implementation.

A training on the "Investigation of hate crimes on homophobic and transphobic motives", organized by the LGBT youth organization Action, was held as part of a project funded by the American Bar Asssociation. The aim of the project was to increase sensitivity to the problems of the LGBTI community in Bulgaria and to improve the investigation of crimes committed against LGBTI people. Forty-seven officers (including investigative police officers, security police officers and criminal police operatives) from various District Police Directorates in the country were trained.

NGO reports 
Organization Report 

The Office of the Grand Mufti reported seven cases of desecration of or damage to mosques, two incidents of damage to the offices of the Grand Mufti and one case of the desecration of a grave.

Organization Name 
Office of the Grand Mufti [1]
Bias Motivation 
Bias against Muslims [2]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

The Bilitis Resource Centre reported one physical assault resulting in serious injury against a gay man after he participated in Sofia Pride.

Organization Name 
Bilitis Resource Centre [3]
Bias Motivation 
Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity [4]
Description Type 
Reports
IGO Reports 
Organization Name 
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [5]
Organization Report 

UNHCR reported one racist incident - a serious physical assault by a group against two asylum seekers from Afghanistan, resulting in the hospitalization of one of the victims.

Bias Motivation 
Racism and xenophobia [6]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Name 
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) [7]
Organization Report 

The European Roma Rights Centre reported three murders, one of a Roma woman when an explosive device was left outside her office and the others of two men who were stabbed to death; and one physical assault against a Roma man, resulting in serious injury.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against Roma and Sinti [8]
Description Type 
Reports
ODIHR Recommendations 

ODIHR observes that Bulgaria has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech and/or discrimination.

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[1] https://hatecrime.osce.org/ngo/office-grand-mufti
[2] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-muslims
[3] https://hatecrime.osce.org/ngo/bilitis-resource-centre
[4] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-other-groups-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity
[5] https://hatecrime.osce.org/igo/un-high-commissioner-refugees-unhcr
[6] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/racism-and-xenophobia
[7] https://hatecrime.osce.org/igo/european-roma-rights-centre-errc
[8] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-roma-and-sinti