Bulgaria - 2012
Is there evidence or indication that the police force engages in ethnic profiling?
- Code:
- RED47
- Key Area:
- Policing - Law Enforcement - Justice
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
In 2006, the Center for the Study of Democracy published a report ‘Police Stops and Ethnic Profiling in Bulgaria’, based on own sociological survey. The study finds a disproportionate number of stops that target members of the Roma community. Such stops are motivated primarily by the individuals’ ethnicity, i.e. the Roma become subject to police ethnic profiling practices. In some cases, the police act unprofessionally during stops using insults, threats and physical abuse, disregarding citizens’ rights and demanding bribes. |
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| Type (R/D) | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Anti-discrimination |
| External Url | http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=7937 |
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