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| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2007 - BULGARIA |
The Macedonian minority
The authorities and the judiciary continued to deny the existence of a Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, and insisted that there was no legal
obligation to protect it, a policy backed by all political parties represented in parliament.
• In October, the Sofia City Court refused registration to OMO Ilinden PIRIN, a political party representing some members of the Macedonian
minority in Bulgaria, despite an October 2005 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that a previous ban of the party violated rights
to freedom of association and assembly. In November the European Parliament Rapporteur on Bulgaria and the Enlargement Commissioner of the
European Commission urged the government to register OMO Ilinden PIRIN.
Source: http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Europe-and-Central-Asia/Bulgaria |
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