Rights Court Backs 'Santa Claus Protest' as Protected Speech – Courthouse News Service
Sculpture of Dimitar Blagoev in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. (Mihal Orela photo, Creative Commons, via Courthouse News) STRASBOURG, France (CN) — ‘Twas the morning of Christmas 2013, and all through Bulgaria, creatures had been stirring for months over energy prices, poverty and the election of Plamen Oresharski’s left-wing coalition government. Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria previously held 15 seats in parliament but got no seats from the race on May 12. Some seven months later, on Christmas Day, someone in Blagoevgrad spray-painted a statue of the town’s namesake red and white to rese...
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