What happened: The External Office for Criminal Affairs, Kicevo, pressed criminal charges against B.А. (30) from the village of Tuin, Kicevo, on reasonable grounds that he committed the criminal offences “Abuse of Personal Information” and “Spreading Racial and Xenophobic Material via an Information System”. On 17.05.2020, the reported posted photographs of two police officers on Facebook without their consent, with a comment that incited hatred.
Brief description of the incident with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnic origin, with the bias indicators being:
- Ethnic origin – the victims and perpetrator belonged to a different ethnic community;
- Pattern of previous incidents
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.
