On May 7, 2022, Bekim Asani, President of the LGBTI+ organisation United Tetovo, and one of the most profiled LGBTI+ activists in North Macedonia, was violently attacked by a group of men in his homet...
In anticipation of today’s (26 June) second Skopje Pride, Civil Rights Defenders has conducted a public opinion poll, showing that the majority of North Macedonia’s citizens support the right of...
Among the 730 human rights defenders who received support from the Emergency Fund last year was North Macedonian LGBTI+ activist Bekim Asani. He is heading the organisation LGBT United Tetovo North Ma...
Last Thursday (May 14), North Macedonia’s Constitutional Court ruled to repeal the Law on Prevention and Protection Against Discrimination. The legislation represents the cornerstone of a decade-long ...
Civil Rights Defenders is proud to welcome its first Macedonian participant to the Natalia Project: Bekim Asani, President of LGBT United Tetovo. Bekim Asani is one of Macedonia’s most profiled LGBT a...
Last Saturday, someone tried to burn down the bridge over the river Vardar in Macedonia’s capital Skopje. The bridge is the fastest way for the mainly ethnic Albanian population in the nearby vil...
Civil Rights Defenders is deeply concerned over a series of ethnically motivated attacks in Macedonia and urges authorities to take immediate action for a prompt and proper investigation of the violen...
On 18 May 2011, we held a conference in Skopje together with Macedonian Young Lawyers Association and the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation. The main purpose of the event was to instigate a discussion amo...
Together with Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, Civil Rights Defenders work to improve anti-discrimination policies, practices and standards in the judicial system in Macedonia. This is conducted ...
The fifth Moot Court Competition, organised by Civil Rights Defenders, will be held in Orhid, Macedonia. Law students from ten clubs in six countries (Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia a...
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