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The Helsinki Committee: 200 people from Sugar Factory have been disturbing homeless for the third day

The Helsinki Committee: 200 people from Sugar Factory have been disturbing homeless for the third day


Nearly 200 people, including children, adults and patients, are in the open air for the third day, without shelter and assistance, after Mayor of Ilinden District Emil Branchevski ordered destruction of buildings declared illegal in the Zaharna Fabrika neighborhood despite the explicit ban on the European Court of Human Rights against this.

According to the Bulgarian Helsii Committee (BHC), there are still people who have not been provided alternatives and shelter, including patients, people with children and vulnerable. In addition, the remains of the destroyed housing are not cleared and the area is not secure, and many of the people who live there spend the night outdoors. « There is a danger of worsening the position of the affected people because of their homelessness and because of the uninsurance of the safety at the scene of the demolition, » the BHC wrote. Meanwhile, the people of the destroyed buildings protested and blocked intersections along Slivnitsa Blvd in protest. They threatened to continue with the blockades.

In a letter signed by co-chairmen Radoslav Stoyanov and Adela Kachaunova, the organization called on the authorities for the immediate convening of the Interdepartmental Committee for Reconstruction and Assistance to the Council of Ministers and the provision of urgent accommodation, guaranteeing the baselines and necessary for the harmful effects of the unnecessary consequences.

« This screaming violation of fundamental human rights of Bulgarian citizens has created a distress situation, and tensions among the residents of the capital are growing and there is a danger of escalation, » the organization wrote.

According to them, the fact that people are left on the street without shelter, responds to the definition of disaster in the Disaster Protection Act.

« This is because there is a significant violation of the normal functioning of the society caused by human activity, which leads to negative consequences for the life or health of the population, property, economy and the environment, prevention, control and overcoming of which exceeds the capacity of the system for the protection of the usual activities for the protection of society (Art.

Mayor of Ilinden District He announced in a message to the media on Wednesday that an alternative accommodation had been provided for people and announced that the European Court of Human Rights had been manipulated to order the ban on demolition.



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