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Never Normalize “North”. But Do You Need a Tax Receipt Before Contributing to the Fight to Restore Macedonia’s Name and Prevent Human Rights Abuses Against Macedonians Worldwide?
Fighting to restore our Macedonian name, identity, and history and funding human rights projects throughout all of partitioned Macedonia are not charitable by law. But, is this a prerequisite before you help?
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Despite Intimidation and Provocation by Bulgarian Authorities, Macedonians in Pirin Macedonia Hold Event
Macedonians in Pirin Macedonia gathered on April 27, 2025 in Melnik and Rozhen for their annual commemoration in honour of Macedonian leader Jane Sandanski – murdered 110 years ago by an order of the Bulgarian government – despite an intimidation and provocation campaign by Bulgarian media and authorities.
They used threats that last year’s fierce crackdown on Macedonians would be repeated, which included attacks on freedom of expression, mass harassment by police and Bulgarian ultranationalists, surveillance and breaches of privacy, police checkpoints lining all routes leading to the commemoration amid further harassment, and threats of violence.
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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. Photos below and on our social media pages and website.
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.
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MHRMI Funds Legal Defence for Macedonian Association in Albania Sued by Bulgarian Ultra-Nationalists
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) is funding the legal defence for MAEI in this crucial case affecting the survival of the Macedonian minority in Albania and will also fund MAEI’s countersuit and lawsuits against those who attack the Macedonian minority.
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Macedonians, do you want our name back?
Join the MHRMI Macedonian Human Rights Fund today and help Macedonian Human Rights Movement International defend Macedonia. We are the organization that works nonstop to return OUR NAME and secure human rights for Macedonians. E-transfer info@mhrmi.org or visit mhrmi.org/donations. Share this message. OUR NAME IS MACEDONIA, we will get it back!
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MHRMI and MAEI Meet with Dr. Hedy Fry, Canada’s Head of Delegation to the OSCE PA (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly)
Bill Nicholov, President of Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and Vasil Sterjovski, Macedonian human rights activist from Albania, the first Macedonian elected to parliament in that country, and President of the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration (MAEI), continued their meetings with Canadian government and foreign affairs officials. They met with Dr. Hedy Fry, Canada’s Head of Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and Special Representative to the OSCE PA for Gender Issues, and Canada’s longest serving female Member of Parliament and MP of Canada’s current government.
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MHRMI and MAEI Meet with Global Affairs Canada, Call for Condemnation of Bulgaria’s Anti-Macedonian Actions
On October 2, 2024, Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) President, Bill Nicholov, and Macedonian human rights activist from Albania and President of the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration (MAEI), Vasil Sterjovski, met with Julia Cloutier, Deputy Director of Global Affairs Canada for European and Eurasian Affairs. Sterjovski is also the first Macedonian elected to parliament in Albania.
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MHRMI Demands the Immediate Arrest of Zoran Zaev
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) demands the immediate arrest of Zoran Zaev, the US-installed “Prime Minister” of the former regime in the Republic of Macedonia, and the arrest of all relevant regime officials. MHRMI will focus on the laws broken by Zaev et al. (see below) which, under the Macedonian criminal code, necessitate their immediate, and long overdue, arrest.
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MHRMI Demands Immediate Return of Macedonia's Name/Nullification of "Prespa Agreement"
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International demands the immediate nullification of the "Prespa Agreement", which illegally and forcibly changed Macedonia's name into the highly derogatory "North Macedonia" in 2019, and in contravention of the Macedonian constitution, parliamentary rules, Macedonian and international law, and multiple international human rights conventions. Full details are below. Nullifying this illegal treaty will return Macedonia's name and guarantee its right to self-determination.
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MHRMI Condemns Bulgaria's Provocations and Intimidation at Macedonian Minority Event
Bulgarian authorities continue to crack down on Macedonians’ human rights and any expression of Macedonian identity in Bulgaria, with actions and tactics fully sanctioned by the European Union and United States.
The number of incidents have increased exponentially as s a direct result of the West’s endorsement of Bulgaria’s anti-Macedonian demands (see the European Union’s official adoption of Bulgaria’s policies, known as the “French Proposal), including, but not limited to: