What happened: The Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Departments at the Ministry of Interior, working
\nin coordination with the Primary Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office \u2013 Skopje undertook measures and activities
\non the grounds of a post shared on the social network Facebook by I.J. (49) from Skopje, which caused
\nendangering the safety of the MPs from the Assembly of the Republic North Macedonia and spreading
\nracial and xenophobic material via information system, i.e. on the grounds of reasonable suspicion for
\nhaving committed the criminal offence of \u201cEndangering the Safety\u201d under Article 144 and \u201cSpreading Racial
\nand Xenophobic Material via an Information System\u201d under Article 394-d from the Criminal Code of RNM.<\/p>\n
Date, place and time of incident: Precisely undetermined date and time, on the social network Facebook,
\nMOI pressed charges on 18.01.2019.
\nSource of information: MOI\u2019s daily newsletter.
\nVictim(s) involved: Undetermined.
\nType of crime(s): Endangering the Safety (Article 144, paragraph 4, CC of RNM), Spreading Racial and
\nXenophobic Material via an Information System (Article 394-d, CC of RNM).
\nPerpetrator(s): One identified perpetrator (I.\u0408., 49).
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political affiliation,
\nwith the bias indicators being:
\n1. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 inciting and spreading ethnic hatred and inciting violence on
\nsocial networks is becoming a more common method for committing hate crimes.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: Criminal charges pressed. The crime was qualified as a hate crime.
\nResponse of the local authorities: Criminal charges pressed for the cited criminal offence (Article 144
\nEndangering the Safety and Article 394-d Spreading Racial and Xenophobic Material via an Information
\nSystem from CC of RNM).
\nImpact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety
\nand the political stability of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: The Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Departments at the Ministry of Interior, working in coordination with the Primary Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office \u2013 Skopje undertook measures and activities on the grounds of a post shared on the social network Facebook by I.J. (49) from Skopje, which caused endangering the safety… […]<\/p>\n