What happened: SIA Ohrid pressed criminal charges against B.B. (30) from Ohrid, on reasonable grounds to suspect that he committed the criminal offence of “Spreading Racial and Xenophobic Material via an Information System.” From March to April, the reported via an information system posted content spreading xenophobic material and incited hatred.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, 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 of committing hate crimes.
Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in the country and the cohabitation among different ethnic groups in society.
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