The Monthly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for September 2015 includes the following topics: Ignorant decision of the Primary Court I Skopje;Civil initiative for adoption of Law on Amnesty; Unethical refusal of physicians from the South-east region to treat refugees; Slap in the face administered by police officer amounts […]
Today, Tuesday (13.10.15), the initial event organized by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights on the project against hate speech supported by NED (National Endowment for Democracy) was held marking the launch of the Platform for Combating Hate Speech, coordinated by the Committee and open for any organization or individual to join, followed by the […]
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The Helsinki Committee of Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia implemented the project “Internet platform for mapping and monitoring hate speech in public spaces and the media”. Some of the activities from this project that is to be implemented by the Helsinki Committee consist of monitoring, taking note of and reporting hate speech in […]
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The Helsinki Committee of Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia implemented the project “Internet platform for mapping and monitoring hate speech in public spaces and the media”. Some of the activities from this project that is to be implemented by the Helsinki Committee consist of monitoring, taking note of and reporting hate speech in […]
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The Quarterly report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Macedonia for June- August 2015 includes the following topics: The Public Prosecution in the Republic of Macedonia is not independent;The Refugees – victims of inhuman treatment and hate crimes; The Prosecution is not investigating cases of torture; Employment of additional 600 Police officers […]
On the 11th and 12th of August, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held its 87th Session, on which it also reviewed the Interim Report on the Republic of Macedonia, concerned with the issue of observing and implementing the rights guaranteed by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, […]
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Yesterday, 1 September 2015, the Primary Court Skopje 1 posted a press-release on the Court’s web-site informing that at the request of lawyer Nikola Dodevski, a judge in the previous proceedings made a decision which upheld the request to set aside evidence – recordings from telephone calls and transcripts from the cases of Public Prosecutors […]
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Yesterday’s decision of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia to declare a state of emergency is exceptionally disquieting. The announcement of the involvement of the Armed Forces without President Gjorgje Ivanov, the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, previously giving his opinion on this, accompanied by the silence of Parliament (which has to be […]
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In the sequel, we present the integral press release and reaction of the part of the civil sector to Nikola Grievski’s statement regarding the census. This reaction is supported by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia. “The Prime Minister in demission, Nikola Gruevski, announced on Friday in the Assembly that […]
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The report contains a description of the methodology and procedure employed in the research process. The research conducted within the Project: Increasing the transparency and improving the rule of law by monitoring and reporting violations of human rights in the Republic of Macedonia, implemented by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of […]
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