Chapter 3
This book is dedicated to a harsh truth: in Bulgaria, justice is a hostage to its own guardians. Judges, prosecutors, investigators, and officials—the very people who should guarantee the rule of law—too often become its gravediggers.
We are speaking here of fundamental rights guaranteed by international instruments—Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. These are not abstractions. These are rights intended to shield every individual from the arbitrariness of power. Yet, in Bulgaria, they have been reduced to a dead letter, a hollow declaration, a law without life.
When the right to a fair trial and the right to defense are destroyed, the process is no longer justice, but a farce masking repression. And where there is no justice, there is only arbitrariness, fear, and impunity.
This book is not an academic treatise. It is a weapon against injustice. It is written for those who stand face-to-face with the criminal justice system—a system that in the European Union should protect citizens, but in Bulgaria too often breaks and humiliates them.
Its purpose is simple: to clarify what these rights entail, to show how they are systematically violated by the authorities in Bulgaria, and to serve as a manual for resistance against state tyranny.
For without a fair trial, there is no justice. Without justice, there is no freedom. And without freedom, society is condemned to live in fear and submission.
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