28 April 2022
“Violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender‐based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts,” state Article 3 of the […]
11 April 2022
Ana Ninković, a student at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade caused numerous reactions on the social networks with her documentary film “Violence against women in the domestic songs” that she produced for her exam in “Pop Culture: From digital to trans-media”, and through which she is examining the violence against women through music, […]
25 November 2021
During the breaks, pupils across North Macedonia are simulating murders and are completing other violent challenges copied from the popular South Korean TV series Squid Game. This TV show provoked fierce reactions due to its negative effects on the children and the young people, and in some countries the authorities have recommended that the parents […]
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 […]
26 July 2021
The Criminal Court – Skopje today announced the verdict in the case “Organizers of the 27th of April” and proclaimed the defendants guilty, giving them a total of 25 years of prison sentences. On 27th of April 2017, a mob stormed the Parliament of Macedonia building in Skopje and had severely beaten dozens of MPs, […]
28 December 2018
At least 15 journalists were were reporting from Macedonian Parliament during the violent attack and the rampage on the 27 April, announced they will file a lawsuit against the Republic of Macedonia for damages. According to Goran Trpenoski, Dushica Mrgja and Bobi Hristov, the lawsuit’s initiators, the state will be sued in accordance to Article 166 of the […]
19 December 2018
The adoption of the law on amnesty concerning the persons that were involved in the attacks at the Parliament on the 27th of April 2017, was greeted by Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. -The decision by the Assembly to adopt a law on amnesty with […]
30 November 2018
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, following a meeting with the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation and Integration in Parliament, said that a consensus was reached on the reconciliation process and preparation for a legal solution. “Let’s now leave it to the legal teams, who under the leadership of these special groups will take the next steps. Today, […]
18 June 2018
The government strongly condemns the violence, hate speech and incitement to violence following yesterday’s events which were aimed at manipulating and harassing citizens, says the Government. “We call for an atmosphere of reason and constructiveness so that a meaningful debate takes place and every Macedonian citizen has the opportunity to express his own opinion before […]
29 March 2018
Mitko Chavkov, the former director of the Public Security Bureau , Goran Gjoshevski, from the security of the former Parliament Speaker, Trajko Veljanovski, Dushko Lazarov and Oliver Popovski from the Ministry of Interior and Munir Pepic from the Intelligence Agency, were all re-arrested and transferred to the Shutka Investigative Prison regarding the violent events which […]
23 January 2018
Representatives of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia had a meeting today with public prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, where they talked discussed improving the mutual cooperation for issues of common interest. The prosecution informs that AJM president Naser Selmani expressed concern that in Macedonia there is a policy of impunity regarding violence against journalists. Selmani asked […]
22 January 2018
Last year, in Macedonia, 18 attacks nf journalists were reported, of which 13 were physical and verbal attacks, while the rest were insults, obstruction at work and the destruction of property, according to the Report on the Freedom of the Media and the Safety of Journalists in Macedonia for 2017 which was presented today, by […]
4 January 2018
Through the Interpol office in the country, the Ministry of Interior issued international arrest warrants for five suspects wanted for the violence that broke out in Parliament last April, who at the moment are in hiding. The five people the warrants refer to, are: Nikola Mitrevski – Koljo, Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja, Mladen Dodevski, Dejan […]
2 January 2018
Dozens of unjustifiably detained citizens, instead of spending New Year with their families, spent the new year in cold cells, says the opposition VMRO-DPMNE and reacted to the prolonged detention of the suspects of violence in Parliament on April 27th. The party says the detainees are “victims of political persecution, felt by the Inquisition of […]
28 December 2017
The police violated the right to MPs immunity and the presumption of innocence when the three MPs were detained on November 28th, this year, as part of the 36 people detained who are suspects in the violence in Parliament on 27 April, the Ombudsman found. According to the Ombudsman, the police in this case did […]
27 December 2017
The Criminal Court in Skopje extended the detention to another 30 days for MPs Krsto Mukoski, Sasho Vasilevski and Ljuben Arnaudov, the former Minister of Interior and the Director of Bureau for Public Safety, Mitko Chavkov, the organizers of the protests for “For a United Macedonia” Igor Durlovski, Boris Damovski, Bogdan Ilievski and another 16 […]
26 December 2017
The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption requested that the Criminal Court extend the detention of suspects connected to the violence in the Parliament on April 27th.. “The Public Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption submitted to the competent Basic Court Skopje 1 a proposal for the continuation […]
26 December 2017
At today’s session, the Government established a draft decision on the adoption of the annual program for work of the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) for 2018 and a draft decision on the approval for the 2018 financial plan for MRT. “This decision is accompanied with the Government’s opinion stating that the untimely placement of the […]
7 December 2017
Today’s court hearing, concerning the violence in front of the Municipality of Centar in June, 2013, a case known to the general public as “Slaps”, in which Nikola Gruevski, Mile Janakieski, Daniela Rangelova and a dozen others were charged, was filmed with two handheld cameras, after lawyers for the defense yesterday and today called for […]
5 December 2017
After today’s testomonies, the Criminal Court ruled that MPs Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevsk be taken into custody and detained. Those MPs are suspected of the violence in Parliament on April 27th. Their colleagues, Žaklina Peshevska, Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski, received a measure of house arrest. Mukoski, Arnaudov and Vasilevski were accompanied […]
