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MHRMI and AMHRC denounce Albania's denial of Macedonian identity during its Census
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (October 6, 2011) - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) denounce Albania's state-sponsored persecution of its Macedonian minority during the implementation of its census. In the region of Golo Brdo, census taker instructors openly stated that ...
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MHRMI and AMHRC Reiterate Demand That Macedonia End Name Negotiations
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (September 8, 2011) - On the occasion of the Republic of Macedonia's 20th anniversary of its independence, Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) reiterate our demand that Macedonia immediately cease negotiations over its name.
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OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, AMHRC and MHRMI Condemn Bulgarian Census "Results"
Blagoevgrad, Melbourne, and Toronto - OMO "Ilinden" PIRIN, the political party of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) confirm that after an abnormally long delay, the results of the Census in Bulgaria, held in February 2011, have at last been announced.
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MHRMI and AMHRC Denounce Clinton's Demands that Macedonia "Solve" the Name Dispute
Toronto and Melbourne - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) denounce US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statement that, "The government in Skopje needs to know that it will not be able to move forward on its European integration until it does resolve this (issue).
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OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, AMHRC, MHRMI Welcome Visit of United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues to Bulgaria
Blagoevgrad, Melbourne, and Toronto - OMO "Ilinden" PIRIN, the political party of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) welcome this week's visit of the Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Gay McDougall, to Bulgaria.
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Macedonians Demand Resignation of Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis
Toronto, Canada - As expected, the Liberal Party of Canada has, once again, completely ignored racism within their own party. As reported by Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) on March 8, 2011, Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis spewed out more anti-Macedonian hate, caught on video, at a lecture titled "Insight to Hellenism" at the University of Toronto on March 5, 2011.
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One Year of NOVA ZORA
Solun/Salonika, Melbourne and Toronto - The editorial board of Nova Zora, a pro-Macedonian monthly newspaper published in Greece, together with the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) are proud to mark the one year anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Nova Zora.
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Action Alert: MHRMI Demands Immediate Resignation of Racist Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis
MHRMI letter published in Embassy Newspaper - Macedonians Demand Karygiannis's Resignation (.pdf) Online Article - Embassy (Canada's Foreign Policy Newsweekly) Toronto, Canada - Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis spewed out more anti-Macedonian hate speech at a lecture titled "Insight to Hellenism" at the University of Toronto on March 5, 2011.
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MHRMI and AMHRC Demand a Macedonian Government that Will Defend Macedonia's Interests
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia - Even more disturbing than every Macedonian government's continued participation in the nonsensical name negotiations is the recent letter by Foreign Minister Antonio Miloshoski to the United Nations Secretary-General that states, "In the course of those negotiations, the Republic of Macedonia accepted a number of proposals put forward by Mr.
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MHRMI and AMHRC Condemn Macedonian Government's Continued Participation in Name Negotiations
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (January 18, 2011) - On January 15, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said "I was pleased to see the dynamics created last year by direct dialogue between the two prime ministers of Greece and FYROM. Now it's time to move toward decisions ...