- summary
- Journalists' associations, human rights groups, the media regulator and opposition MPs publicly opposed the fast-tracked Criminal Code amendment criminalising reporting on 'personal life'. Within days the ruling There Is Such a People group announced it would withdraw the bill.
- country
- Bulgaria
- date text
- 10/2025
- civic actions
- Public statements and press campaign; regulator's objection; parliamentary opposition.
- id
- CR-BGR-001
- incident id
- BGR-004
- notes
- Added Sep 25 2026. Response type: RT-COL (+RT-LEG); counters TC-18; escalation stage 3; result: Won — Criminal Code amendment withdrawn. (10/2025).
- outcome
- Bill withdrawn
- responders
- Association of European Journalists–Bulgaria; European Federation of Journalists; Bulgarian Helsinki Committee; Council for Electronic Media; opposition MPs
- source
- https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/985724-pro-government-parliamentary-group-to-withdraw-controversial-bill-criminalizing-; https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2025/10/09/bulgaria-wants-to-criminalise-alleged-privacy-violations/
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