Tag: prisoners

On Monday, Christmas day in Macedonia, a large part of the Bulgarian media recalled the so-called “Bloody Christmas” of January 7, 1945, when “1200 Bulgarians” were killed in the present territory of the Republic of Macedonia or the then Federal Democratic Republic of Macedonia. For instance, let’s take the article published by faktor.bg, where in addition to this claim they...

At midnight tonight, the public campaign ends and the 48-hour silence before the referendum to be held on Sunday, September 30th, begins. According to the decision adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, the ballot question for the referendum will read: "Are you for EU and NATO membership, by accepting the agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the...

Today, inmates and their relatives will be protesting in front of all the prisons in Macedonia, because President Gjorgi Ivanov has still not responded to their requests to be pardoned. According to reports, the protest is being supported by various NGOs, who are already protesting against Ivanov’s decision to pardon politicians and their close associates, who are mostly under investigation...

Inmates from the prison in Stip suspended their hunger strike, which gave President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Trajko Veljanoski, time to answer the initiative of collect signatures for amendments to the Law on Amnesty. More than 200 inmates who refused prison food, last night had dinner in the canteen. Regardless of the termination of the hunger...

Prisoners from 'Idrizovo' have entered their second day on a hunger strike. Their goal is to grasp the public's attention and to show the public the inhumane conditions they are staying in. Today the strike has spread across more prisons as prisoners complain about overcrowding and the poor standard of food. Prison officials have been notified of the strike and even...