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Recommendations to Macedonia regarding violations of political and civil rights

post date July 24, 2015

According to the concluding observations of the Committee on Human Rights of the United Nations, it is obvious that the country experiences decline in the area of exertion and protection of human rights. The Committee managed to identify most of the problems confronting the citizens, but also the migrants and refugees, which obstruct the exercising […]

Hate crimes in the Republic of Macedonia in 2014

post date July 22, 2015

This report is the outcome of the “Advancing National Infrastructure against Hate Crimes and Hate Speech” project which was financially supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, and was conducted in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2014. The Project’s overall goal is to increase the understanding and strengthen the capacity of the […]

Press Conference: European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime

post date July 21, 2015

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights has the honor to invite you to a press conference to be held on 22 July 2015 (Wednesday), at 12:00 PM, on the premises of the Committee (Naum Naumovski Borche St., no. 83, Skopje). The press conference is dedicated to 22 July, which the Council of Europe proposed to […]

The state is bound to protect the migrants

post date June 15, 2015

On 24 April 2015, in the vicinity of Veles, a train killed 14 migrant refugees, at least two of which were minors. On the 23 May, another minor was killed on the rails along Demir Kapija. In the past 10 months at least 28 foreigners were killed, including babies, women and children, fleeing their homelands […]

Number of arrested, detained and remanded following the protest on 5/5/15

post date May 14, 2015

Following the protests in front of the Macedonian Government, the total number of arrested people is 42, out of which 12 people were sent to pre-trial detention, 1 person is in house arrest, 1 person is on the run, and 3 people are awaiting to be brought in front a judge who will decide whether […]

Unconstitutional motion for appointing new Minister of Interior

post date May 13, 2015

On 12 May 20015, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia submitted a report to the Assembly of the RM, with the goal to inform the MP’s about the resignations of the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Transport and Communications. The report includes a proposal for appointing new Minister of Interior, and […]

Annual report on human rights in 2014

post date May 10, 2015 (December 24, 2020)

One of the basic activities of the Helsinki Committee is the observing of the court proceedings across the country, especially those from the area of criminal and civil justice. Dozens of cases were observed in the course of 2014, during several hundreds of court hearings. In addition, through its program for free legal assistance, the […]

Demonstrations in front of the Government for the cover-up of the murder of Martin Neshkoski

post date May 6, 2015

The Helsinki Committee had representatives present on the civil protest in front of the Government of Republic of Macedonia in which the citizens again expressed their revolt for the lack of accountability for the murder of Martin Neshkovski. The protest started at 18:00hrs with spontaneous gathering of citizens’ trough previous communication via social networks. Up […]

The authorities do not respect the human rights of the young people

post date May 1, 2015

The Helsinki Committee and the First Children’s Embassy in the World – Megjashi, as organizations which had their representatives present on yesterday’s meeting, express their dissatisfaction with the unbecoming way the High School Students Plenum representatives were treated by high state officials. Assuming the position of power, the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Education […]

Open Office: Voting Rights Violations – Local Referendum on the GTC, Center Municipality

post date April 26, 2015

The Helsinki Committee of the Republic of Macedonia monitors the carrying out of the local referendum in Center Municipality, on the occasion of the citizens’ vote for preserving the outward appearance of the City Trade Center. In the period from 7:00 AM to 1:30 PM, the external observers of the Committee reported the following irregularities: […]

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