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Any use of force by the authorities against protesters must be commensurate with the threat against the forces of order. A spokesman for the European Commission said this in a regular briefing today in response to a question about how he would comment on the dispersal of the protest in Sofia with the subsequent arrests of dozens of people.
Recalling that the EU is closely following the situation and without ruling on whether the Sofia government has exceeded the limits of what is allowed, the spokesperson said: “Peaceful demonstrations are a fundamental right in any democracy and we support the right to peaceful protest. . always apply proportionally “.
His comments, cited by Reuters, came after some of the most massive protests in the two-month wave of discontent among those in power.
Journalists were also detained on Thursday morning, as well as people who claimed to have been beaten at police stations.
