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Protest against police brutality in front of Czech Embassy in Skopje

Over 1000 citizens of North Macedonia participated in the July 3 protest in front of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Skopje, demanding justice and responsibility for the  murder of young Roma man, Stanislav Tomaš from Teplice, Czech Republic. Citizen movement AVAJA that organized the protest considers this murder the latest case of police brutality due to systemic...

False news about Greek border regime used for inciting ethnic and religions tensions in North Macedonia

Disinformation launched June 3 by several right-wing media in North Macedonia, falsely claiming that Greece prohibits citizens of certain municipalities to enter the country, had been promptly debunked by CriThink, but it continues to serve as part of the populist arsenal for inciting inter-ethnic tensions and hate speech promoting religious intolerance. These claims were originally published on by the website...

The dumps at Vardar River bring profit to someone and air pollution to everyone: “We burn waste to survive”

Thick grey smoke rises afar, in the direction of the squat at the foot of Kale Hill, where we are headed together with a team from the City Inspector Office. This is the location where this winter we have on many occassions seen that something is burning and the stench of the burnt rubber and plastics trailed down Vardar...

Ibraimovski: None of the ethnic communities were damaged by the Law on languages

The minister without portfolio that is responsible for the implementation of the Strategy for improvement of the condition of the Roma people in Republic of Macedonia, Samka Ibraimovski, thinks that with the amendments to the Law on the Use of Languages, none of the ethnic communities were damaged. -I think everything is fine with it. None of the communities were...

PCER to file criminal charges of discrimination against government officials

After released audio recordings on which Roma are insulted, Party for full emancipation of Roma (PCER) announced criminal charges against ministers Mile Janakieski, Gordana Jankulovka and director of the Public Revenue Office Goran Trajkovski. President of PCER Samka Ibraimovski requires other parties of Roma who are in the Government to give consent for criminal charges. - I publicly urge leaders...