Mr. Speaker. over 100.000 ethnic Turks whose ancestors have lived in Bulgaria for more than five centuries are now told they are not welcome. Ignoring previous commitments to international human rights agreements. the Bulgarian Government is forcibly expelling its 1.5 million ethnic Turks. Tens of thousands of refugees. now in Turkey. tell of entire towns being cleared on short notice. In May. ethnic Turks in the city of Razgrad took to the streets in protest. Soon. troops opened fire. killing over 100. Now two human rights activists who brought the story of the Razgrad massacre have also met with repressionone was imprisoned for 2 months while the other was expelled.
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