ECHR rules that SANS cannot use agents in companies and organizations

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled against Bulgaria in a case over a law that allows the State Agency for National Security (SANS) to infiltrate companies, non-governmental organizations or the administration in the name of national security, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.

The ruling states that the regulations governing the use of “agents on cover” fell short of the minimum safeguards against arbitrariness and abuse required by the European Convention on Human Rights. No financial penalty is imposed because it is believed that the non-governmental organization that filed the case has not proven that the law caused it harm.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov