The Monthly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for September 2015 includes the following topics: High School March; Special Public Prosecution; The Appellate Court in Bitola stands in defense of police harassment; Femicide – the consequence of inefficient systemic protection of women; Case – Preschool daycare inaccessible to a […]
Following the tradition of commemorating the International Day of Tollerance (16th of November), the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia and the LGBTI Center for Support , this year organize the seventy March for Tolerance. Like the previous years, we dedicate this event to the noted conditions of violating and disrespect […]
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The weekly report on the situation at the border crossings Gevgelija and Kumanovo includes the following topics: Available facilities and conditions at the camp and Institutional treatment. Gevgelija Available facilities and conditions in the camp In the course of the week the presence of refugees significantly declined due to the strike of the Greek sailors […]
Yesterday, on the social network Facebook, sharing of a poster with the following text was noticed: “Protest against islamization of Kriva Palanka, Friday 6 November 2015, 1.30 PM, Solarski most.” At the bottom of the poster, there is a picture of five Islamic sacral objects, i.e. mosques, crossed out with red pen. The Platform Against […]
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The weekly report on the situation at the border crossings Gevgelija and Kumanovo includes the following topics: Available facilities and conditions at the camp and Institutional treatment. Gevgelija Available facilities and conditions in the camp Most of the camp (nearly 80 percent) is fenced from both sides towards the exit of the railroad with a […]
The weekly report on the situation at the border crossings Gevgelija and Kumanovo includes the following topics: Available facilities and organizations working on field and Institutional treatment. Gevgelija Available facilities and organizations working on field The Gevgelija camp has two entrances, the staff entrance where staff vehicles enter and the one used by the refugees. […]
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The PE Macedonian Railways JSC Transport, in short time period made two corrections of the price of the ticket meant for refugees transiting through Macedonia. The price for each single ticket for these particular users is 25 euros, which is 3,5 times higher than the regular ticket price, which amounts to approximately 7 euros. The […]
Network 23 published the second monitoring report on the implementation of Urgent Reform Priorities and the Political Agreement. […]
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The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, in collaboration with the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Office of the Ombudsman, as a result of the joint work of the partners in the area of anti-discrimination for many years, organized a Conference on the topic “Restriction of the right to freedom of movement of Roma at […]
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The Helsinki Committee yesterday received notifications with allegations of threats against some of the high school students who participated in yesterday’s protest march against the unfavorable reforms of the educational system. The allegations were submitted by students, but also by parents. Especially worrisome are the allegations according to which some students were locked up in […]
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