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AMHRC/MHRMI/Vinozhito Doubly Question The Appointment Of A 'Crusading' EU Special Representative For Human Rights
The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC), Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the European Free Alliance - Rainbow/Vinozhito, a political party of the Macedonian minority of Greece, questions the wisdom of a Special Representative for Human Rights to focus on non-EU states and is deeply concerned about the appointment of Stavros Lambrinidis to this post.
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Would the United States ever entertain the idea of changing its name?
Would the United States ever entertain the idea of changing its name? Why then, is it asking Macedonia to do so? Apparently, for the "privilege" of joining NATO. Of course, at the NATO summit in May, Macedonia wasn't even on the agenda. It should have been painfully obvious that Macedonia wouldn't be invited to join NATO until it solves the so-called "name dispute" with Greece.
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UN Expert Recommends Bulgaria Recognise Its Macedonian Minority
OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, AMHRC, and MHRMI - Press Release Blagoevgrad/Gorna Dzumaja (Bulgaria), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, the political party of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, together with the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) welcome the ...
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Hague Judgement Reinforces Need for Macedonia to End Shameful Name Negotiations
Melbourne (Australia), Toronto (Canada) and Skopje (Macedonia) Not that any more incentive should be needed to stop negotiating your own name, but in a 15-1 vote, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ruled today that Greece violated the United Nations' sponsored Interim Accord (a 1995 "agreement" ...
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Show your support for Macedonian Human Rights. Silence is NOT an option!
MHRMI and AMHRC call on Macedonians throughout the world to show their support for human rights for Macedonians throughout the Balkans. MHRMI and AMHRC finance and organize all Macedonian human rights activities and work directly with every Macedonian human rights organization including Vinozhito, OMO Ilinden PIRIN, MAEI, Nova Zora, Narodna Volja, Ilinden Tirana, the Home of Macedonian Culture, and all others.
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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.