Back عقوبة الإعدام في بلغاريا Arabic വധശിക്ഷ ബൾഗേറിയയിൽ Malayalam Pena de morte na Bulgária Portuguese 保加利亞死刑制度 Chinese
Abolished for all offences
Abolished in practice
Retains capital punishment
Capital punishment in Bulgaria was abolished on December 12, 1998 with the last execution, that of attempted saboteur Georgi Alinski, having been carried out on November 4, 1989.[1] The Parliament of Bulgaria had introduced a moratorium on executions on July 7, 1990 and Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights came into force on October 1, 1999.
A 2016 poll found that 47% of Bulgarians were opposed to the Death Penaty, while 33% were in support.[2][3][4]