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Public Attitudes To Hate Speech In Bulgaria in 2018
By rraycheva | May 24, 2019
Hate speech is a widespread phenomenon in the Bulgarian political and media landscape. In 2018, about half of the respondents in a nationally representative public opinion survey (51%) reported they had heard public statements expressing disapproval, hatred or aggression towards ethnic, religious or sexual minority groups in the last 12 months.
This was the fourth survey carried out in the last five years showing the trends in public attitudes towards hate speech in Bulgaria. The results have not changed much over the last five years, though there has been a decrease compared to 2016, when 58% of respondents declared that they had heard such statements.
In 2018, there was a decrease in the share of people reporting that they had encountered hate speech towards Turks and Muslims. The Roma population remains the main target of hate speech, with 81% of respondents stating that they had encountered hate speech directed toward this group.
The survey shows that a considerable majority of citizens (77%) disapprove of public statements expressing disapproval, hatred or aggression towards representatives of ethnic, religious or sexual minorities. Only 14% of the respondents approve of such statements. The majority of citizens (63%) also believe that the prosecutor’s office should initiate criminal proceedings against politicians and journalists who propagate aggressive nationalism and against those who publicly express disapproval, hatred or aggression against minorities (57%).
The lack of criminal convictions in flagrant cases of hate speech leads to reduced public support for the penal policy as a means of counteracting hate speech. In 2018, there was a decrease in the share of people who knew that hate speech and violence motivated by ethnic, racial or religious hatred is a crime.
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