Facebook claims that anti-Macedonian hate speech "does not violate their Community Standards”. What kind of community with no standards does Facebook think we live in? This sounds a lot like the "freedom of speech” excuse for doing nothing about lesser-known examples of racism. Well, freedom of speech (and related excuses) do not include hate.
Since declaring independence in 1991, Macedonia has had to endure a countless number of obstacles just to ensure its survival. The Greek embargo, Albanian unrest, the fight for our very name and identity, among many others. But nobody expected a wiretapping scandal to tear our country apart.
Bill Nicholov, President Macedonian Human Rights Movement International The world is the United States' puppet. But how has the US become the puppet master? Because we allow it. One of the US' playthings for the past 25 years has been Macedonia, which plays along because it fears that it has no choice, just like many other countries in the world do.
Re: Boris Johnson: Americans would never accept EU restrictions - so why should we? www.telegraph.co.uk In anticipation of Barack Obama's upcoming visit to the United Kingdom, in which he will implore the UK to stay in the European Union, London mayor, Boris Johnson, said that "...coming from Uncle Sam, it is a piece of outrageous and exorbitant hypocrisy." True.
"Your regular financial assistance gives us the momentum and strength to continue, with dignity, our just struggle for the Macedonian national cause. We recognize that if it weren't for your huge patriotic support, our newspaper would cease to be published. You are the saviors of the newspaper and we are very grateful for this patriotic act," proudly declared Gjorgi Hristov, editor of Narodna Volja.
* We call on Macedonians to demand an apology from the Toronto Star and author Cody Punter @TorontoStar - @bordersnbetween - letterstoed@thestar.ca * Retweet/share MHRMI's letter@mhrmi - facebook.com/mhrmi - www.mhrmi.org Re: Macedonia's building program aims to make Skopje an attractive tourist destination http://www.thestar.com/ ...
It just takes one Western country to stand up for common sense and denounce the nonsensical name negotiations between Macedonia and Greece as an attack on human rights and a country's basic right to self-determination. The Greek-manufactured dispute based on its blatant xenophobia would instantly be over.
OMO Ilinden PIRIN Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee Macedonian Human Rights Movement International Introduction In 2014 the fundamental problems relating to the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria remained the same as they had been in previous years; namely: 1. Refusal to acknowledge the existence of a Macedonian minority.
The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC), the European Free Alliance - Rainbow (Vinozhito), Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI), OMO "Ilinden" - PIRIN, and the European Free Alliance - EFA (Brussels) were honoured to host an international scholarly conference in the town of Lerin (Florina in Greek) from 16-19 July 2015 entitled Macedonia: On the Periphery of European Modernity.
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee are pleased to announce that we have increased funding for the Macedonian minority newspapers, Narodna Volja, in Pirin Macedonia and Nova Zora in Aegean Macedonia, along with the publication and distribution of historic and current Macedonian publications.