Bulgaria: Information on the current status of the state security, especially in smaller towns, and on any personnel changes at the top levels since 1991
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BGR15870.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bulgaria: Information on the current status of the state security, especially in smaller towns, and on any personnel changes at the top levels since 1991, 1 November 1993, BGR15870.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab3624.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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An on-line search of sources regularly consulted was unable to produce any information on the above subject. A Helsinki Watch report entitled "Decommunization in Bulgaria", which is available at your Regional Documentation Centre, discusses legislation which among others things banned certain categories of individuals from public office for five years, and from positions in the executive bodies of scientific organizations and the Higher Certifying Commission (Aug. 1993, 4). These positions include, among others, "staff or voluntary collaborators of the State Security or the Security and Guards Department" (ibid. 4, 8).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Reference
News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. August 1993. Vol. 5, No. 14. "Decommunization in Bulgaria."