INTELLECTUALS PROTESTED AGAINST ARREST OF FAMOUS SCULPTOR

Politics | December 2, 2001, Sunday // 00:00

Well-known intellectuals protested against the arrest of the Sofia councillors Vezhdi Rashidov and Emil Dodov. The two officials were arrested after a fight with the policeman Ventsislav Pavlov and were accused of hooliganism. Vezhdi Rashidov is a famous Bulgarian sculptor. The intellectuals who protested against his arrest claimed that the whole thing was staged. Rashidov and Dodov were arrested on November 29 and are to be released on December 3.

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