Posters Demanding the End of the Forced Name Change Spread Throughout Macedonia
Posters demanding the end of the forced name change into "North Macedonia" and the return of Macedonia's real name have spread throughout Macedonia. Click here and here for a selection of photos, with more on our social media pages (links below).
The English translation of the message is: An illegal law is not law. No more excuses. Our Name Is MACEDONIA. The "Prespa Agreement" can easily be terminated.
The “Prespa Agreement” (the illegal forced name change treaty) was imposed by the United States, aiding Greece's quest to eradicate the existence of Macedonians as an ethnic group in exchange for Greece lifting its veto of Macedonia's NATO membership bid, and to further cement US hegemony in the region.
Additionally, Greece is using the “Prespa Agreement” to cover up the egregious human rights abuses and mass murder that it committed against indigenous ethnic Macedonians since its annexation of Aegean Macedonia in 1913.
The US installed the Zoran Zaev regime in 2016/2017 setting in motion the forced name change, repeated violations of Macedonian and international law, and brutal suppression of dissent amid mass human rights violations against Macedonians.
Since the election of the new government in Macedonia in 2024, Macedonian Human Rights Movement International, and Macedonians throughout all of Macedonia and worldwide, demanded that the government declare the illegal “Prespa Agreement” null and void, thus returning Macedonia’s rightful name.
As MHRMI has conveyed directly to President Siljanovska, Prime Minister Mickoski, all Macedonian politicians, and leaders and politicians of nations worldwide, an illegal law is not law.
MHRMI rejects all excuses given by Macedonian politicians to engage in negotiations over Macedonia's name in the first place, and now the refusal to reverse the name change. Stating that they will "respect the Prespa Agreement" is a complete betrayal of Macedonians and the democratic values and human rights principles that Western leaders claim to uphold. Referring to European and international law defends Macedonia's right to self-determination, as opposed to the claims that they justify its violation.
Further information:
https://mhrmi.org/news/mhrmi-demands-return-of-macedonias-namenullification-of-prespa-agreement
https://mhrmi.org/news/the-international-community-has-an-obligation-to-defend-macedonia
https://mhrmi.org/news/mhrmi-demands-the-immediate-arrest-of-zoran-zaev
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) has been active on human and national rights issues for Macedonians and other oppressed peoples since 1986. MHRMI demands respect for Macedonia's name, identity and human rights for oppressed Macedonians in the Balkans. For more information: 1-416-850-7125, info@mhrmi.org, mhrmi.org, twitter.com/mhrmi, facebook.com/mhrmi, instagram.com/MacedonianHumanRights #OurNameIsMacedonia