The Rainbow Hub in Sofia, Bulgaria, was the site of a violent mob attack on October 30, and it may have included a candidate for the country’s president. Not as a victim–but as a perpetrator.
The Rainbow Hub, set in an apartment block, is a center for the LGBT community. It’s run by the Bilitis Foundation and Gays and Lesbians Accepted in Society (GLAS). The night of the attack, the center was…
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has agreed to lift the immunity from prosecution of presidential candidate Boyan Rasate in conn
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has agreed to lift the immunity from prosecution of presidential candidate Boyan Rasate in connection with the October 30 vandalism and assault at the LGBTQI+ Rainbow Hub centre in capital city Sofia, the CEC said on November 1.
The CEC agreed to a written request for the lifting of the immunity sent by Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev two days after the attack on the centre.
Rasate, the founder of the neo-fascist Bulgarian National Union, is one of 23 candidates in Bulgaria’s November 2021 presidential elections. Nominally, he is standing as an independent.
According to those who were present during the attack, it was led by Rasate, who allegedly struck one of the activists at the centre in the face.
Earlier, the Prosecutor’s Office said that pre-trial proceedings had been instituted in connection with Article 325 of the Penal Code, saying that Rasate had grossly violated public order.
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FYI, there are no hate crime laws in Bulgaria and its supreme court declared the Istanbul Convention unconstitutional.
