The Vice President of CITUB, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, was taken in for questioning, shortly after the start of a protest by workers from state forestry and game farms near Plovdiv, according to the event’s organizers. The union leader was released nearly three hours later, noting that the actions against him were an act of pressure and police arbitrariness. He said that he and his colleagues exercised their legal right to protest, resulting in unprecedented anti-union actions by law enforcement. During a press conference, the President of CITUB called the detention an instance of police abuse, noting that all relevant procedures for the protest had been observed.
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