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 Macedonia:
Rights Defenders Under Attack
(January
19, 2002)
MACEDONIA:
CHURCH ENRAGES ALBANIANS (January
17, 2002)
Macedonia
Pardons 11 Guerrillas to Launch Amnesty (December
5, 2001)
Macedonians
accused of war crimes: Call for Hague to investigate role of hardline
interior minister (October
6, 2001)
'...tribunal to investigate Mr Boskovski
for "grave violations of the Geneva convention, violations of
the laws governing wars and crimes against humanity".'
'At the same time harassment of Albanians around Macedonia was
stepped up, with kidnappings, killings and torture, it claims. It
says the campaign reached its peak when a majority of ethnic Albanian civilians
were driven out of the southern town of Manastir and their homes
and businesses damaged.'
Human
Rights Watch: Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses(Sep
5th, 2001) - "The
Macedonian government must answer to the people of Ljuboten. It is
deeply disturbing that the Minister of Interior appears to have been
so intimately involved in one of the worst abuses of the war. We
demand an immediate and impartial investigation." - Elizabeth
Andersen, Executive Director, Europe and Central Asia division
Massacre
report names Macedonia interior minister (The
Telegraph - August 26, 2001)
"Ljubce Boskovski, an ultra-nationalist and a bitter opponent of the
current British-led Nato disarmament mission, will be accused by Human
Rights Watch, an American-based pressure group, of involvement in the
incident in Ljuboten."
"Outside, Fasli heard a baying mob shouting "Let us kill them. Gas
chambers for Shiptars!" Shiptar is a derogatory term for an
Albanian."
Police Abuse Against Albanians Continues in Macedonia (Human
Rights Watch - 08/22/2001)
"Persistent police abuse in
Macedonia is simply shocking. Macedonia must urgently address the
violence in its police stations. Ethnic Albanians are being severely
abused, and in some cases beaten to death, without the slightest
prospect of accountability."
[ full
report]
Albanians slaughtered
in Macedonia (August 15,
2001)
"MACEDONIAN security forces shot dead five unarmed ethnic Albanian villagers
in cold blood on the eve of Monday's ceasefire signing, witnesses said
yesterday." "The victims on the hillside had each been shot from
behind as they fled. Bajram Jashari, a 30-year-old farmer was lying
on his back, not far from two dead cows."
Fleeing Albanians shot in the back by
police(August 15, 2001)
FactsAbout: Macedonian
police brutality, abuse and massacres in Luboten/Ljuboten on Aug
11-12th, 2001
FactsAbout: Destruction
of Albanian property and Islamic cultural objects
Key Elements of Peace
Accord (August 14, 2001)
Key Events in Macedonia's Standoff(August
13, 2001)
Ali Ahmeti: "NLA
Supports the Peace Agreement" (August
11, 2001)
MOSQUE
SET ON FIRE, [Albanian] SHOPS DEMOLISHED (August
9, 2001) "...the crowd set fire to a mosque in central Prilep
and ransacked a number of shopsowned by Albanian and other Muslim
Macedonians."
Macedonians Will Sign
Peace Deal on Monday -Envoy (August
8, 2001)
Evidence
of a Macedonian Execution: Scene in Ethnic Albanian House in Skopje
Belies Police Account of Killing (WashingtonPost August
8, 2001) "There
was no evidence at the scene to support the government version of
events," said Peter Bouckaert, an investigator in Skopje for Human
Rights Watch, who also inspected the house. "There was no sign of an
exchange of fire, and the victims appeared to have been shot as they
were lying on the floor."
Ten
Macedonian Soldiers Killed in Ambush (August
8, 2001)
MASSACRE
IN SKOPJE QUARTERS OF GAZI BABA: Police Executed Five Albanians While
Sleeping (August 7, 2001)
"One part of the police broke inside the house of Muzafer Halimi and
executed at least three people while there were still sleeping." -
Neighbors
Macedonia's [Government] Demands
Hurt Peace Talks (August
6, 2001)
Macedonian Parties Make
Breakthrough on Language (August
1, 2001)
[Macedonian] Hardliners
'plot to start civil war in Macedonia' (July
31, 2001)
Macedonian mobs attack
U.S. and Germanembassies (July
24, 2001)
Macedonia Party Denounces
Peace Plan(July 17, 2001)
Massacre waiting to
happen -
Scotland On Sunday (July 8, 2001)
"A SENIOR government official has warned that Macedonian armed
forces could massacre Albanian civilians unless the international
communityintervenes in the country's burgeoning civil war."
"He said some elements of the police were not under government
control and one of the major Macedonian political parties, a partner
in the coalition government, was actively destabilising peace efforts
and fomenting ethnic hatred."
"The official, a Macedonian Slav, said there was a real danger of some
Macedonians committing war crimes on a scale seen in Croatia, Bosnia and
Kosovo.
Conflict in Macedonia - washingtonpost.com
Discussion with Frederick C. Abrahams (July 8,
2001)
Macedonia, Rebels Sign
Truce to Facilitate Talks(July
5, 2001)
Macedonia Paramilitary Threat Emerges: AP (7/03/2001)
"Pamphlets
emblazoned with a lion symbolizing a group calling itself Paramilitary
2000 delivered a powerful threat to ethnic Albanian shopkeepers: Close
shop or we'll burn down your businesses."
"Since the threat, up to 30,000 Albanians, mostly from Skopje, have
left for Kosovo, bringing the number of refugees who have taken refuge
in the Serbian province to 100,000 since the insurgency began four
months ago."
Council of Europe calls for peace in Macedonia(6/28/2001)
Albanians live in fear of forced exodus from
Macedonia(6/27/2001)
Ethnic
cleansing in making?
Pamphlet Raises Ethnic Tensions
Human Rights Watch
(New York, June 25, 2001):
Excerpt from the "MACEDONIA PARAMILITARY 2000
ORDER":
"We order all Shiptars[derogatory
term for ethnic Albanians-tr.] who have objects for sale-shopkeepers
here and around the Kwantaskhi bazaar-to leave within three days,
and for those Shiptars from Aracinovo, the deadline is 24 hours.
After this deadline, all the shops will be burned, and if someone
tries to protect [them], the same will be killed without
warning."
"We inform Shiptars of the Macedonian republic that for every killed
police officer or soldier 100 Shiptars who do not have citizenship or who
took citizenship after 1994 will be killed. For every police officer
or soldier disabled, 50 Shiptars will be killed. For every
wounded police officer or soldier wounded, 10 Shiptars will be
killed, no matter what gender or age."[full
article ]
Macedonia
Brutality Fuels Rebels: AP
(Jun 16h, 2001): "It was
not the cracked bones or the painful back injuries that made
Nazim Bushi's teeth clutch with anger."
"Supporters of Bushi, an ethnic Albanian officer serving with the
Macedonian police at the military airport in Skopje, say he is a victim
of police brutality that has proliferated since ethnic Albanian
militants took up arms in February, demanding broader rights and
claiming discrimination by majority Macedonian Slavs."
"Already, the rebels claim police harassment of ethnic Albaniancivilians
is feeding them with new recruits." [full
article]
Police conducted forced entry into the apartments
of "FAKTI" journalists
IWPR EDITOR [Veton Latifi] DETAINED IN MACEDONIA
Rioters Burn Albanian Homes in
Bitola
Police Fail to Stop Violencend several graves had been broken open. The
windows of the mosque were broken, and rioters had set the carpets
inside the mosque on fire..."
" Witnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch stated that the rioters
had yelled slogans including "Death to Albanians," "Pure Bitola,"
"Albanians Out of Bitola," "Get Out Albanians," and other such
statements. The rioters told some of the ethnic Albanians that they had
a week to get out of town before being targeted again."
[full article ]
Macedonian Police Abuses Documented: Ethnic Albanian Men Separated,
Tortured at Police Stations:Human
Rights Watch (HRW May 31st, 2001): "Ethnic
Albanian men fleeing the fighting in Macedonia face severe ill-treatment
by the police. We have documented serious beatings and torture of ethnic
Albanians at the Kumanovo and Skopje police stations in the last week.
The victims we interviewed have the bruises and injuries to back up
their claims of abuse." [full article]
Macedonian
Government Abuses in Runica: Village International Community Should Push
for a Full Investigation: Human
Rights Watch (HRW May 29th, 2001): "Our investigations show that
Macedonian forces burned civilians' homes and beat some villagers last
week in the village of Runica. These crimes must be impartially
investigated, and those responsible brought to account." [full
article]
Albanians Say Macedonian Troops "burned our school" and "and they burned
the mosque and the cattle": Reuters
(May 22, 2001): `` They smashed our
windows when everyone was asleep and dragged us out. Then they poured
petrol on buildings and set them on fire,'' she said. ``They burned our
school which was built for us by (Italian charity) Caritas, and they
burned the mosque and the cattle and horses in their stalls.'' [full
article]
Police
Brutality: NY Times (May
17th, 2001): Macedonia Albanian recounts how " he was beaten and
interrogated while blindfolded and handcuffed for five days, before
being dumped in the countryside on Tuesday miles from home." [full
article]
Macedonian
Forces Responsible for Killing and Destruction: Human
Rights Watch (HRW) March 2001: "Available
evidence suggests that government forces were responsible for the
deliberate killing of 16-year-old Omer Shabani ..." ; "...
government forces were responsible for the wanton destruction and
looting of villages perceived as being pro-NLA..."[Full
Letter by HRW]
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Headlines: [all
headlines on one page]
 Macedonian
police say seven shot dead in ambush attempt - March 2, 2002
MACEDONIA:
EC AID UNDER FIRE - January 21, 2002
Macedonia:
Rights Defenders Under Attack - January 19, 2002
MACEDONIA:
CHURCH ENRAGES ALBANIANS - January 17, 2002
Macedonians
Pay Price for Peace with Rebels - December 13, 2001
Macedonia
Pardons 11 Guerrillas to Launch Amnesty - December 5, 2001
Macedonia
pardons first Albanian rebels - December 5, 2001
ALBANIAN
DOCTORS MISTREATED BY THE MACEDONIAN POLICE- December 4, 2001
The
special police force ‘Lions’ places the peace process in Macedonia at
risk - December 4, 2001
Macedonia
UN Agencies Appeal for Relief Donations - December 3, 2001
Macedonia
might free Albanian rebels - December 3, 2001
Macedonia's
justice minister seeks amnesty for former rebels - November 27, 2001
Macedonia
moderates quit coalition in blow to peace deal - November 22, 2001
Collapse
of Macedonian coalition puts peace in peril - November 22, 2001
A
Night that Could Have Brought the War Back - November 22, 2001
Macedonian
MPs finally ratify peace-deal reforms for Albanians - November 17,
2001
Macedonia
Says Reforms Bind Rebels to Accept State - November 17, 2001
Macedonia
OKs Clear Amnesty for Former Guerrillas - November 16, 2001
Macedonia
adopts new constitution - November 16, 2001
Fighting
in northwest Macedonia, three police killed - November 12, 2001
This map represents the areas around Albania historically inhabited
by Albanians. Macedonia Albanians are concentrated in the western part
of Macedonia, struggling for better lives within the existing borders. The
map is intended to show that Macedonia Albanians have been living in
those areas for many generations, contrary to some beliefs that
Macedonia Albanians have come in Macedonia from Albania or Kosova.
Macedonia Albanian political factors have
emphasized the integrity of the Macedonian territory and borders.
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"The
representatives of 'NLA' are not terrorists"