2 February 2023
The amendment to the Family Code went into full force in Slovenia on the 31st of January 2023, thereby decreeing that marriage is no longer just a union between a man and a woman, but a union between two persons, and same-sex couples are now able to adopt children, Radio-Television Slovenia reported. According to the […]
13 December 2022
(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 6th of December 2022) We must have trained and educated citizens with both knowledge and skills if we want to counteract the cybersecurity challenges, while the country must be efficient and provide appropriate legislation. This, among the other things, was highlighted […]
15 November 2022
Just a few days before receiving the EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Serbia 2022 on November 16, the Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK was sentenced in a SLAPP defamation lawsuit by a Serbian court for publishing news about a criminal trial, quoting the defendant’s claim that a criminal gang had ties to the Interior Minister. SLAPP […]
22 March 2022
Since the Russian-Ukrainian crisis started, a propaganda war started on social media in our country, full of hate speech and “cheering” for one of the warring parties. Certain political and media circles have for years been accustoming the citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia that hate speech is something “normal” and that calls for violence […]
4 February 2022
Children with cerebral palsy in Ohrid live in complete isolation. They do not have any day care centers. Parents complain that their children are discriminated against and excluded from society, Truthmeter.mk writes. Author: Sonja Rilkovska Children with cerebral palsy from Ohrid face total isolation. Excluded from the educational process and social life, fully […]
4 February 2022
Educational inclusion is a process that lasts more than two decades, which is being delayed not only due to bad laws but also due to low public awareness, Truthmeter.mk writes. Author: Zoran Dimovski Forty students with disabilities from Polog, starting this school year have educational assistants who provide support in learning, within the […]
31 December 2021
Backroom cooperation and ties between Serbia and Russia lead to spying on Russian opposition figures having a meeting in Belgrade. After the spy tapes were delivered to Kremlin an arest of Russian opposition leader takes place. Another story showing how far undemocratic regimes are willing to go to stay in power completely disregarding the rights […]
28 December 2021
OVD-Info, a prominent Russian legal aid and human rights organisation, announced on December 25 that its website had been blocked by Roskomnadzor, Russia’s internet and media regulator, writes “Global Voices”. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”. Though the state registry revealed that the website was blocked due to a December 20 […]
5 August 2021
This story by Tanya Lokot originally appeared on Global Voices on August 3, 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license. Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou, who went missing in Ukraine on August 2, has been found dead in a park near his home in Kyiv, according to police reports. Shyshou, who left […]
3 August 2021
This story by Timothy S. Rich, Alianna Casas and Carolyn Brueggemann originally appeared on Global Voices on August 2, 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license. In Mexico, femicides increased by 137 percent between 2015 and 2020, with the government only formally tracking femicides as a specific crime in 2012. Mexico’s justice system […]
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1 July 2021
The second Pride Parade in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, took place on the 26th of June, under the motto “Outside the Walls”. After a one-year pause due to the pandemic, this year over a thousand supporters gathered in the capital and, in their own words, protested the oppressive policies, the homophobia and the […]
9 July 2020
From 1st of January to 30th of April this year there were 298 complaints about various categories of hate speech lodged at the web platform govornaomraza.mk, shows the monitoring of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, carried out with a special focus on three pilot-municipalities: Shtip, Bitola and Tetovo. “There was a notable increase of […]
30 March 2018
After yesterday’s strong warnings from Russia’s ambassador to Macedonia, Oleg Shchebak, regarding its intention to become a NATO member, prime minister Zoran Zaev said today that the country wants to join NATO for peace in the world and respect for human rights. At today’s press conference, Zaev expressed hope that the two countries will focus […]
6 November 2017
With regret, I have to report that an increasing number of hate speech in recent years has been on the rise, which is very worrying, and I urge the institutions to prevent it, said the Ombudsman, Ixhet Memeti, while presenting the annual report on human rights in Macedonia in 2016. At the same time, the […]
30 March 2017
We still have politicized and dysfunctional institutions that implement party agendas, said today the National Ombudsman, Idzet Memeti, at the presentation of the annual report on the Degree of Provision, Respect, Advancement, and Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, in 2016, reports “Nova TV“. According to Memeti, last year, in the sphere of respect and the […]
4 March 2017
The most significant human rights problems stemmed from pervasive corruption and from the government’s failure to respect fully the rule of law, including continuing efforts to restrict media freedom, interference in the judiciary and impeding the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office charged with investigating and prosecuting crimes relating to and arising from illegally intercepted […]
5 December 2016
The LGBT rights are not part of the agenda of political parties as was indicated by the analysis of the civil society organization “Subversive Front” which was made according to the questionnaires that were sent to political parties about the coverage of LGBT problems in their platforms. Members of “Subversive Front” have sent questionnaires to […]
24 September 2016
The Republic of Macedonia is committed to dealing with the migrant crisis while ensuring humane treatment, and in accordance with national laws and international conventions on human rights, reads the statement of the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein criticized the Macedonian […]
10 December 2015
In 2015 we were witnesses to the absolute abuse of the state system to strengthen the power of the ruling coalition, against the wishes and needs of the citizens who are completely lost in party-political discourse and lost already weak confidence in institutions, reads the statement of the Helsinki Human Rights Committee on the occasion […]
24 July 2015
In the latest report released yesterday on the human rights situation in Macedonia, the United Nations Human Rights Committee demands from the authorities in the country to inform all citizens who have been targets of illegal wiretapping, so they are encouraged to use the legal mechanisms in order to counter the violations against the freedom […]
