Transnational Repression on EU Soil
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Recent case developments — detention, court rulings, public letters, parliamentary action, and urgent news. For the full chronological record, see the legal timeline.

April 2026

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ALQST

MEPs write to Bulgarian government expressing concern

ALQST

Coverage of the 18-MEP letter urging protection and warning against deportation.

1 Apr 2026
SANAD UK

MEPs urge Bulgaria to release Saudi activist

SANAD UK

Coverage of the 18-MEP letter to the Bulgarian Prime Minister.

23 Mar 2026
Late 2025

Detention extensions and joint NGO appeal

HRRC

Multiple Human Rights Organizations Urge Bulgaria to Halt Deportation

Human Rights Research Center

Summary of the 20+ NGO appeal to halt deportation.

14 Nov 2025
GCHR

Another six-month extension of detention

Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Update on a further detention extension and renewed health concerns.

Oct 2025
Mid-2025

Court victory without release

Melting Pot Europa

Good news, but I remain in prison

Author: Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi

First-person reflection: Supreme Administrative Court victory that did not lead to release.

26 Jun 2025
Melting Pot Europa

When “security” becomes abuse

Author: Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi

First-person analysis of national-security claims, executive power, and judicial enforcement.

4 Aug 2025
Melting Pot Europa

Endless detention: 47 months in Busmantsi

Author: Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi

First-person article on prolonged administrative detention.

19 Sep 2025
Early 2025

HRW statement and court defiance

Human Rights Watch

Bulgaria: Saudi Activist at Risk of Deportation

HRW

Statement by 20 organisations calling for Bulgaria to suspend deportation.

10 Mar 2025
Balkan Insight

Bulgaria Still Detaining Saudi Activist Despite Court Release Order

Svetoslav Todorov

Report on continued detention despite a fresh court release order.

1 Apr 2025
Middle East Monitor

Bulgaria authorities defy court order

Middle East Monitor

Coverage of continued detention after a second court order for release.

2 Apr 2025
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For the complete legal record

For the complete chronological record of court decisions, release orders, deportation orders, and procedural turns, see the full legal chronology.

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