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North Macedonia Court of First Instance (Основен граѓански суд Скопје) 2021 North Macedonia / Court of First Instance (Основен граѓански суд Скопје) / XII П5 22/29 Religion Muslims This case is based on a journalistic campaign by two media outlets, Kurir and Lider, which painted the activist Mersiha Smailović with a caricature of Hitler surrounded by a swastika, attempting to suggest antisemitic behaviour. This incited a spread of hate speech and Islamophobia towards Smailović on social media. Due to the non-responsiveness of the Public Prosecutor's office in cases of hate speech, Smailović, like other activists in similar circumstances, opted for filing a civil… View more
North Macedonia Ombudsperson Office of the Republic of North Macedonia (Народен правобранител на Република Северна Македонија) 2021 North Macedonia / Ombudsman office of North Macedonia / unpublished case Race/Ethnicity Muslims In a Sociology textbook for second year students in reformed high school education, written by Nelko Stojanoski, Mileva Gjurovska and Zoran Matevski, a section of the book states: “We have a high birth rate among Roma, Albanians and Turks. A large percentage of these populations, especially those who are not sufficiently educated, reproduce in a very traditional way, without conscious birth control. In this regard, concrete measures should be taken and a way should be found to bring the birth… View more
North Macedonia Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) 2021 North Macedonia / Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) / No.0801-413 Religion Muslims A natural person published a public Facebook post and a youtube video ridiculing and realtivising a tragic bus accident which happened in Bulgaria in November 2021, where 45 people from North Macedonia lost their lives. In this publicly shared post, the person stated that there should not be a national day of mourning and flying of flags half-mast because the persons that lost their lives "are not ours". The post stated: "looking at the list of names...majority are not even… View more
North Macedonia Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) 2021 North Macedonia / Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) / No.08-242/1 Religion Muslims Prnalija is a village situated in the Municipality of Radovish, inhabited by Turks of Muslim religious affiliation. The village has no access water and sewage system which would allow access to clean drinking water to each household. They rely on the main village public tap for drinking water. The lack of access was especially felt during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, the inhabitants complained to the equality body of discrimination in access to goods and services on grounds of ethnicity and… View more
North Macedonia Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) 2021 North Macedonia / Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) / No.0801-402/1 Religion Muslims A pupil from seventh grade in a private francophone primary school was signed off unilaterally by the school itself on 30 June 2022, i.e. was expelled from the school. The legal representative of the parents raised a discrimination claim in front of the equailty body claiming that the child was expelled due to their Muslim religious backgrond. The CPPD found no discrimination. View more
North Macedonia Commission for Protection Against Discrimination 2018 North Macedonia / Commission for Protection Against Discrimination / 07-1179/1 Religion Muslims The case concerns discrimination on grounds of religion or religious beliefs. A Muslim woman was refused service and asked to leave the restaurant 'Portofino Osteria' because she was wearing a religious headscarf known as a hijab. The woman reported the issue to the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia. The case was then taken to the Commission for Protection against Discrimination, which ruled in favour of the woman, and confirmed the discrimination based… View more
North Macedonia Commission for Protection Against Discrimination 2017 North Macedonia / Commission for Protection Against Discrimination / 03-196/1 Religion Muslims The case concerns discrimination based on religion or religious beliefs. Young girls from elementary schools in the city of Ohrid, wearing religious symbols or insignia, were excluded from the educational process, and discriminated against on the basis of religion or religious beliefs. The Commission for Protection against Discrimination received information about the case and issued the general recommendation on equality in relation to the freedom of religion. View more
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