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MHRMI/AMHRC Condemn Bulgarian Foreign Minister's statement that no Macedonian minority exists in Bulgaria
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (May 10, 2010) - The Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and Australian-Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) condemn the statement by the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Nikolay Mladenov that a Macedonian minority does not exist in Bulgaria.
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MHRMI/AMHRC Welcomes the Launch of the 'Nova Zora' Newspaper in Greece
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (May 7, 2010) - The Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and Australian-Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) welcome the launching of Nova Zora (New Dawn), a bilingual newspaper in Macedonian and Greek dedicated to issues concerning the Macedonian minority in Aegean Macedonia, Greece.
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MHRMI and AMHRC Statement in Response to Misinformation Regarding the So-Called "Decision" to Return Greek Citizenship to Macedonians from Greece
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (April 30, 2010) - The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) are issuing this statement in order to answer some questions that have arisen as a result of what appears to be a misinformation campaign orchestrated by Greek sources.
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MHRMI and AMHRC Call on Macedonia to Immediately Cease Name Negotiations
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (April 29, 2010) - In light of US Ambassador Philip Reeker's recent comments that "The [name] issue must be solved, because if not, a question mark is put on Macedonia's future", Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights committee ...
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Bulgaria Reverts to Past Totalitarian Practices and Bans Macedonian and US Citizens from Attending Macedonian Commemorations
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (April 28, 2010) - Bulgaria has begun to emulate longtime EU member Greece's practice of harassing or banning "undesirables" from entering their country. This includes anyone who dare proclaim the existence of a Macedonian minority. On Sunday, April 18, 2010, members of several Macedonian ...
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AMHRC/MHRMI to Launch Campaign for Legal Action Against the Greek State to Restore Citizenship and Property Rights to Macedonians from Greece
The Australian-Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC), Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI), the Association of the Refugee Children from Aegean Macedonia of Melbourne and Victoria, the Association of Refugee Children from Aegean Macedonia (ARCAM) in Canada and Macedonian refugee associations in the Republic of Macedonia have decided to launch ...
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MHRMI Human Rights Fundraiser
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) will be hosting a Human Rights Fundraiser this Friday, March 19, 2010 at 7:00 pm at St. Dimitrija of Solun Macedonian Orthodox Church in Markham, Ontario. Admission is $40 and includes dinner and drinks.
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Statement of EFA-Rainbow, AMHRC and MHRMI on the 2010 State Department Report on Human Rights Practices in Greece
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release The European Free Alliance - Rainbow, the political party of the Macedonian minority of Greece, the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) call upon the international community to demand that the Greek government ...
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MHRMI and AMHRC Condemn Albania's State-Sponsored Discrimination Against Macedonians, Announce Funding for Macedonian Language Classes
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia -- Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) condemn the Albanian government's involvement in preventing Macedonian language classes from taking place in the Golo Brdo region.
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MHRMI and AMHRC Condemn Greece's Continued Blacklisting of Ethnic Macedonians
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia - Greece continues to blacklist Macedonians who are active in human rights organizations abroad or who are political refugees*. The latest reported incident occurred on December 19, 2009, when Macedonian citizen, Nikola Kosturski, a member ...