What happened: On 22.10.2018, SIA Skopje, in collaboration with the Sector for Computer Crime and
\nDigital Forensics under the Ministry of Interior will submit criminal charges against 38-year-old A.N. from
\nthe Skopje village of Konjari, for a posted comment on the Facebook Social Media Platform which caused
\nendangering of the safety of the members of the Parliament of North Macedonia and for spreading racist
\nand xenophobic materials through a computer system, i.e. for reasonable suspicions of him committing the
\ncrime under Article 144 \u201cEndangering the safety\u201d and under Article. 394-d \u201cSpreading racist and xenophobic
\nmaterials through a computer system\u201d of the Criminal Code, the police informed.<\/p>\n
Date, time and location of the incident: On the Facebook Social Media Platform, on 21.10.2018
\nSource of information: MoI\u2019s daily newsletter.
\nVictim(s) involved: Apart from material damage, there were no victims in this incident.
\nType of crime(s): Spreading racist and xenophobic materials through a computer system (Article 394-g
\npara. 1, CC) and Endangering the safety (Article. 144 paragraph 4 CC).
\nPerpetrator(s): A.N. (38) from the village of Konjari, Skopje region
\nBrief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident the bias motive is political affiliation
\nor political convictions, and the bias indicators are:
\n1. Pattern of previous incidents \u2013 incidents where such crimes were committed via social media had
\npreviously been registered as well.<\/p>\n
Status of the case: \u041e\u0408\u041e criminal charges pressed to the competent PPPO.
\nResponse of the local authorities: To the request submitted to MoI in relation to this incident, asking
\nwhether there are indicators verifying hate crime in this case, we got a response in January 2019, stating that
\nin regard to this case, they submitted criminal charges for the crimes under Article 394-d and Article 144
\nparagraph 4 to the competent PPO for further action.
\nImpact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the general political stability
\nin the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened: On 22.10.2018, SIA Skopje, in collaboration with the Sector for Computer Crime and Digital Forensics under the Ministry of Interior will submit criminal charges against 38-year-old A.N. from the Skopje village of Konjari, for a posted comment on the Facebook Social Media Platform which caused endangering of the… […]<\/p>\n