2008 NEWS ARCHIVES
Press Release
MHRMI Commemorates United Nations Human Rights Day
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.
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MHRMI Thanks Canadian Macedonian Community for Continued Support
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) would like to thank the Canadian Macedonian community for its dedication to the Macedonian cause and tremendous support for Macedonian human rights. MHRMI held an information forum on October 26, 2008 at St.
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2nd Congress of European Free Alliance-Rainbow
European Free Alliance-Rainbow announces its 2nd ordinary Congress of region representatives, to be held in the city of Amindeo/Surovichevo (Cultural Centre of the municipality) on the 23rd of November, at 10.30 a.m. After the party's successful historical 1st ordinary Congress in May 2004 (Thessaloniki/Solun), EFA-Rainbow expects its ...
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Greece Steps Up Blatant Attacks on Human Rights Activists and Macedonian Minority
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) condemns Greece's brutal tactics in clashes between members of the Macedonian minority and the Greek army near the village of Lofi/Zabrdeny in northern Greece.
IPI/SEEMO expresses its concern at the recent detainment of journalists in Greece
SEEMO, Press Release The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is alarmed at recent restrictions on reporter's ability to freely carry out their work in Greece.
Greek crackdown on Macedonian journalists draws international condemnation, new questions
The tense ordeal of four Macedonian journalists detained by police in a northern Greek village on Monday is gaining wider attention, and has caused an international outcry against the perceived heavy-handedness of Greek authorities- and what their apparent contempt for the free press may be covering for.
Incidents in northern Greece - Macedonians detained
Source: MakFax One Macedonian has been detained and four other injured in an incident that broke out in Lerin (Florina) area today, when the local inhabitants attempted to prevent the Greek Army from holding a military exercise, A1 TV Station reported Monday evening. In the report, A1 aired statements of the inhabitants of the villages near Lerin, a town situated in the Aegean part of Macedonia.
Report
OSCE Implementation Meeting - Rule of Law II, Prevention of torture - Statement of the UMO "Ilinden” - PIRIN
Thank you Mr Moderator. This morning I would like to make the following statement on physiological torture and intimidation carried out by Bulgarian authorities against members of the United Macedonian Organisation "Ilinden” PIRIN. As you heard yesterday, in 2005 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the banning of OMO "Ilinden” PIRIN was a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - Rule of Law II, Prevention of torture - Statement of the Home of Macedonian Culture
Thank you Mr Moderator. We just heard the statement of the representative of Rainbow who gave us examples of harassment of the members of the Macedonian minority of Greece. I would now like to add that the intimidation is not limited to members of the minority.
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - Tolerance and non-discrimination I, National minorities - Statement of Rainbow
Thank you Mr Moderator. My statement today will focus on the linguistic rights of the Macedonian speaking minority of Greece. One of the basic demands of the Macedonian minority is to have the right to use traditional place names and have their first name and surname in their own language recognized by the state.