What happened: On 18.03.2019, around 5:00 p.m., at the Sector for Internal Affairs Tetovo it was reported
\nthat B.S. (63) from Gostivar, posted on his Facebook profile a status with racial and xenophobic contents.
\nB.S. was detained at the Police Station Gostivar, and once the case is solved, proper charges are going to
\nbe pressed against him.
\nDate, time and place of incident: 18.03.2019, 5:00 p.m., Facebook, Gostivar.
\nSource of information: MOI\u2019s daily newsletter, emagazin.mk.
\nVictim(s) involved: No victims.
\nType of crime(s): Spreading Racial and Xenophobic Material via an Information System (Article 394-d, CC
\nof RNM).
\nPerpetrator(s): One identified perpetrator, B.S. (64) from Gostivar.
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is ethnicity, with the bias
\nindicators being:
\n1. Ethnicity \u2013 the perpetrator spread hate speech against a different ethnic community;
\n2. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 very often social media, particularly Facebook, are used as a
\nplatform for this type of incidents.
\nStatus of case: Unknown.
\nResponse of the local authorities: On 24.04.2019 criminal charges for the crime \u201cSpreading Racial and
\nXenophobic Material via an Information System\u201d were pressed before the PPPO Gostivar, pursuant to 394-d
\nfrom the CC of RNM. The criminal offence was qualified as a hate crime.Impact on the victims and the community: These types of incidents call into question the general safety in
\nthe country and the co-existence among different ethnic groups in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: On 18.03.2019, around 5:00 p.m., at the Sector for Internal Affairs Tetovo it was reported that B.S. (63) from Gostivar, posted on his Facebook profile a status with racial and xenophobic contents. B.S. was detained at the Police Station Gostivar, and once the case is solved, proper charges… […]<\/p>\n