While the country's constitution and laws prohibit torture and other forms of cruel or degrading treatment or punishment, there were cases of police beating up or otherwise mistreating pretrial detainees, prison inmates and members of minorities.
I dok ustav i zakoni Bugarske zabranjuju mučenje i druge oblike nečovečnog ili ponižavajućeg ponašanja, bilo je slučajeva kada je policija prebijala ili na drugi način maltretirala optuženike u pritvoru, zatvorenike u zatvorima i pripadnike manjina.