Matthew Nimetz Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN United Nations, New York Dear Mr Nimetz, Re: Proposal of 19 February 2008 We write in relation to your latest proposal regarding the so-called "name” dispute between our country, Greece and the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia.
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International - Press Release Toronto, Canada - Greece is threatening to block the Republic of Macedonia's entry into NATO simply because of its opposition to Macedonia's constitutional name. According to Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, "No solution means no invitation.” This is the latest act of Greece's blatant hostility towards Macedonia.
Listen the interview with Thomas Hammarberg Bulgaria should respect the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and register OMO [United Macedonian Organization] "Ilinden" - PIRIN [Party of Economic Development and Integration of the Population] (the political party of Macedonians living in Bulgaria), Council of Europe Commissioner for ...
Dr Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State United States of America 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Dr Rice, My name is Pavlos Voskopoulos and I am a member of the European Free Alliance - Rainbow, the political party of the ethnic Macedonian minority of Greece. I am ...
European Free Alliance - Rainbow party Political party of the ethnic Macedonians in Greece Member of the European Free Alliance - European Political Party (E.F.A-E.P.P) Member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (F.U.E.N.) Stefanou Dragoumi 11, T.K. 53100, PO ...
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International - Press Release Toronto, Canada - Greece continues to blacklist Macedonians who are active in human rights organizations abroad or who are political refugees. The latest reported incident occurred on February 2, 2008, when Slavko Mangovski, a dual citizen of the United States and ...
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International - Press Release Toronto, Canada - The Liberals have accused PM Stephen Harper of insulting Greeks and demanded a public apology yet they ignore blatant racism within their own party. In an interview for the Globe and Mail on September 21, 2007, Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis, referred to Macedonians as "Skopjans”.
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International - Press Release Toronto, Canada - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) has issued its 2008 Annual Report - The Macedonian Minority in Greece, outlining Greece's systematic policy of forced assimilation and persecution of its Macedonian minority.
Introduction Greece vigorously denies the existence of any ethnic minorities on its territory and attempts to suppress any voices that advocate human rights. Simply raising the issue of the Macedonian minority in Greece causes Greek citizens and politicians alike to react in outrage. The majority of Greek society supports its government's non-recognition and discrimination of its large Macedonian minority.
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has been informed by the Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) about new acts of harassment against the GHM and activists who filed criminal actions against Greece's neo-Nazis.