Indicator history

According to Article 162 (3) of the Criminal Code, a person who establishes or leads an organisation or a group, which has the objective of committing the crimes referred to in Article 162 (1) and (2) shall be punished by imprisonment of one up to six years and a fine to the amount of 10,000 up to 30,000 Levs as well as by public reprimand. According to Article 162 (4) of the Criminal Code, the membership of such an organisation or a group shall be punished by imprisonment of up to three years and by public reprimand. The crimes referred to in Article 162 (1) of the Criminal Code are: promoting or inciting to discrimination, violence or hatred on the grounds of race, nationality or ethnicity through speech, print or another mass media, through electronic information systems or otherwise. The crimes referred to in Article 162 (2) of the Criminal Code are: use of violence against another person or damaging another person’s property because of his/her race, nationality, ethnicity, religion or political convictions.