What happened: SIA Ohrid pressed criminal charges against Ј.Ј. (25) from the village of Bukojchani, Kicevo, on reasonable grounds that he committed the criminal offence “Spreading Racial and Xenophobic Material via an Information System”. On 08.05.2020, the reported posted a threatening comment on a post on the official profile of MOI, spreading hatred, discrimination or violence.
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 victim and perpetrator belonged to a different ethnic community;
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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