The “Golden Key” award went to

The informal citizen association “Water for Omurtag” that strives to provide constantly flowing clean drinking water for the Municipality of Omurtag, where there has been no permanent water supply for the past 50 years. The association uses the APIA to gain access to various documents relevant to solving the water crisis. They trace the inter-institutional correspondence on the issue and show the specific commitments that the various responsible persons have made in their many meetings with other institutions. The large-scale civic initiative turned the “Water for Omurtag” case into a project that drew the attention of the entire country, raising awareness about a topic that everyone has now heard of amd aiming that the problem of Omurtag's water supply will gradually find its solution.

The honorary diploma went to

Civic Organization “Justice, Rights and Cultural Cooperation on the Balkans”, registered in the city of Bursa, Turkey, whose mission is to seek justice for the victims of the totalitarian communist regime in Bulgaria during the so-called “Revival Process.” The members of the organization are using the APIA to seek information from the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office concerning actions or omissions of the competent authorities, in order to establish the relevant facts and support an effective investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators in the events of the late 80s that caused violence, violations of fundamental rights and the displacement of over 350,000 Bulgarians of Turkish origin abroad.

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