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Parliament wants information on use of special surveillance equipment during protests

Prof. Radulov
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The temporary parliamentary committee investigating the use of special surveillance equipment during the Anti-Government Protests on July 10 and September 2, 2020 will request information from the security services.

The deputy chairman of the committee, Prof. Nikolay Radulov of "There is Such a People", said: "People were tapped for various bombastic reasons, including allegations that a coup was being prepared or that a person abroad had paid for riots and so on," BNR’s "Horizont" program reported.




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