What happened: On 28.04.2020, the Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Department at MOI, pressed criminal charges against S.M. (45) from Skopje on reasonable grounds that he committed the criminal offence “Endangering the Safety” pursuant to Article 144, paragraph 4. The reported individual posted a serious threat against the life of a member of the Government on his Facebook profile on 24.04.2020, at 9:25 a.m.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political affiliation, with the bias indicators being:
- Pattern of previous incidents – inciting and spreading ethnic hatred and inciting violence on social networks is becoming a more common method for committing hate crimes.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country.
Number of victims
1
Number of Perpetrators
1
Status of the case
Perpetrators identified
