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Police Squads Attack Roma Neighborhoods in Bulgaria

Police officers continue to attack and beat people in Roma neighborhoods and villages, says Svetoslav Raykov, the mayor of the town of Kamenar. He said that police officers arrived in his village in the early...

by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Police officers continue to attack and beat people in Roma neighborhoods and villages, says Svetoslav Raykov, the mayor of the town of Kamenar. He said that police officers arrived in his village in the early afternoon one day last week and began to attack and beat people on the streets without any reason. Information about similar incidents has also been received from several neighborhoods in the city of Varna.



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