CASES OF VIOLATION OF JOURNALISTS ‘RIGHTS 2022
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 08.08.2022 | Illegal detention against one’s will | Skopje | Employees of the Directorate of Communal Hygiene Skopje, against the will of two journalists, kept them in the premises of the institution. | Furkan Saliu, Avni Tahiri | TV KLAN | Employees in Communal Hygiene | / | Link to post |
| 08.07.2022 | Death threat | Skopje | The explicit death threat addressed to the journalist on the Twitter social network. | Furkan Saliu | TV KLAN | Twitter account named “@narco_girl” | / | Link to post |
| 03.06.2022 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Verbal attack and abusive words towards the journalist when she was asked to answer a question | Maja Jovanovska | IRL.mk | Sadredin Elezoski | Yes | Link to post |
| 16.02.2022 | Physical attack | Gostivar | Physical attack with an ax against journalist Nevri Ademi and cameraman Zbulim Maksuti | Nevri Ademi | TV Polog | Burhan Hamiti | Yes | Link to post |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2021 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 17.10.2021 | Threat to a journalist | Tetovo | Threats and insults to the journalist | Xhumadije Ibraimi | TV KLAN Macedonia | Vulnet Murseli | / | Link to post |
| 17.10.2021 | Threat to a journalist | Tetovo | Threats and insults to the journalist | Ferikan Iljazi Arifi | Euronews Albania | By a member of the election board as well as a representative of the Ministry of Interior | Yes | Link to post |
| 17.10.2021 | Threat to a journalist | Kichevo | Threats and insults to the journalist | Salije Sadiku | TV21 | Fatmir Limani | / | Link to post |
| 22.03.2021 | Threats to life | Tetovo | Attack on media and threat to a journalists | A group of journalists | Without Censorship, TV 21, Gazeta Express, Tetova Sot, Koha TV, Koha News, Kumanova Sot, Shenja TV and Lajmi Press. | Arben Esati | Yes | Link to post |
| 26.02.2021 | Attack on a journalistic team | Skopje | Attack on a journalist team while reporting on a protest and an attempt to seize equipment | A group of journalists | MIA | By citizens | Yes | Link to post |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2020 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 09.09.2020 | Physical assault | Skopje | An attack on the journalist | Milka Smilevska | Al Jazeera | By a citizen | Yes | Link to post |
| 29.07.2020 | Threat to a journalists | Skopje | Online attacks and threats to the safety of journalists | Xhabir Derala and Petrit Sarachini | Civil media | By a citizen Marjan Kamilovski | Yes | Link to post |
| 04.07.2020 | Threats and attacks on the journalist | Skopje | Online attacks and threats to the safety of journalists | Miroslava Burns | Free Press | By a citizen | Yes | Link to post |
| 24.07.2020 | Physical assault | Skopje | Threats and attack on the journalist | Ljupcho Zlatev | Leader | By a citizen | Yes | Link to post |
| 11.07.2020 | Verbal attack, Threats to life | Skopje | Threats and attack on the journalist | Tanja Milevska | MIA | By a citizen | No | Link to post |
| 28.05.2020 | Threat to a journalists | Kumanovo | Other threat to a journalists | Furkan Saliu and Ibrahim Mamuti | TV Klan | By a citizen | No | |
| 05.05.2020 | Threat to a journalist | Skopje | Other threat to a journalists | Mishko Ivanov | TV24 | By a citizen | Yes | |
| 29.03.2020 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Attacks on the media or media organizations | IRL journalists | IRL.mk | By citizens | No | |
| 26.03.2020 | Threats to life | Skopje | Threats and insults to the journalist | Gorazd Chomovski | TV24 | Stevcho Jakimovski | Yes | |
| 31.01.2020 | Threats to life | Skopje | Threats and insults to the journalist | Almedina Ismaili | TV21 | Neshat Ademi | Yes | |
| 18.01.2020 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Threats and insults to the journalist | Aneta Dodevska | TV24 | By a citizen | No | |
| 13.01.2020 | Verbal attack and threats | Skopje | Threats and insults to the journalist | Natasha Stojanovska | TV Telma | By a citizen | No | |
| 12.01.2020 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Threats and insults to the journalist | Iskra Koroveshovska | TV Alpha | Emil Jakimovski | Yes | The threatening person is detained |
| 11.01.2020 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Threats and insults to the journalist | Meri Jordanovska | A1on.mk | Emil Jakimovski | Yes | The threatening person is detained |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2019 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 30.12.2019 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Threat by an unknown perpetrator and intimidation by the person Zoran Azmanov. | Maja Jovanovska | IRL.mk | Zoran Azmanov and unknown perpetrator | Yes | Link to post |
| 16.04.2019 | Verbal attack | Skopje | After the TV21 crew recorded a report regarding the complaints of the residents of the municipality of Arachinovo on the poor infrastructure, relatives of the mayor Milikije Halimi sent verbal threats to the TV crew that they would demolish their camera and demanded that the recordings be deleted. | / | TV21 | / | Yes | The prosecution did not initiate a procedure. |
| 21.01.2019 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Businessman Zoran Azmanov sent verbal threat to a journalist Aco Kabranov | Aco Kabranov | 1TV | Zoran Azmanov | Yes | |
| 19.01.2019 | Physical assault | Skopje | Members of the private security agency Nikob attacked journalist Mirjana Mirchevska Jovanovikj while she was reporting on the celebration of Epiphany in Skopje. | Mirjana Mirchevska Jovanovikj | KANAL5 TV | Charges have been brought against the attacker. | Yes | Charges have been brought against the attacker. |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2018 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 17.06.2018 | Detained journalist | Skopje | Infomaks journalist Borislav Stoilkovikj has been taken into police custody for allegedly refusing to identify himself and recording police officers’ faces. | Borislav Stoilkovikj | Infomaks | |||
| 03.03.2018 | Verbal attack and threat to life | Skopje | The president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia received verbal threats from Bejtula Asani on his Facebook profile, after a post was published about his brother who attacked police officers. | Naser Selmani | Association of Journalists of Macedonia | Bejtula Asani | Yes | President Naser Selmani reported the incident to the police, after which a large part of the international community publicly condemned it and asked the institutions fully to investigate it. In addition, non-governmental journalists’ organizations protested in front of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia on Monday 12/03 after repeated threats. |
| 26.01.2018 | Physical assault | Struga | Thugs from the party Alliance for Albanians attacked journalist Armand Braho during a conference to which he was duly invited. | Armand Braho | Website strugalajm.org | Unknown to AJM | Yes |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2017 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 02.11.2017 | Custody | Skopje | Parliamentary police detained TV 21 journalist Ibrahim Mahmuti and Kosovo-based photo reporter Blerim Uka during the sentencing for the Divo Naselje case. | Ibrahim Mahmuti | Unknown | Custody | Skopje | Parliamentary police detained TV 21 journalist Ibrahim Mahmuti and Kosovo-based photo reporter Blerim Uka during the sentencing for the Divo Naselje case. |
| Unknown (first week of September 2017) | Personal property destruction | Negotino | A sharp object damaged Viki Klincharova’s car. This event was preceded by threats against the journalist by a person with a criminal record. | Viki Klincharova | Fokus | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 24.08.2017 | Physical assault | Skopje | The journalist team of NOVA TV was attacked by a representative of the Civic Initiative who was collecting signatures against the construction of refugee camps in Macedonia. | Sashka Cvetkovska and Trajche Antonovski | NOVA TV | Civic Initiative representatives | Reported | |
| 26.07.2017 | Verbal attack | Novo Selo | Verbal attack and inappropriate behavior of the mayor of the municipality of Novo Selo Blazho Velkov and the councilor from VMRO-DPMNE Bozhin Jovanov towards the journalist team from TV Kanal VIS from Strumica. Stojne Miteva and the camera operator Kire Pilichev were insulted with the ugliest words and prevented from reporting from the session of the Council of the Municipality of Novo Selo held yesterday, at which a referendum was called for or against the work of the Ilovica mine. | Stojne Miteva and Kire Pilichev | TV Kanal VIS | Blazho Velkov (mayor of the municipality of Novo Selo) and Bozhin Jovanov (councilor from VMRO-DPMNE) | Reported | |
| 18.07.2017 | Threat to life | Skopje | Threats from the supporters of the political party Democratic Union for integration to the crew of Shenja Television, who were prevented from reporting on utility problems in the Skopje municipality of Chair. | Vulent Ismaili | Television Shenja | Supporters of the political party Democratic Union for integration | Reported | |
| 07.06.2017 | Verbal attack | Shtip | While photographing and filming a building under construction on public property, security guards verbally assaulted and insulted the journalist and camera operator, correspondents of 24 Vesti, asking them to leave the site, forbidding them to report on the construction of the building. | Vladimir Tevchev | 24 News | Personal security | Reported |
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| 27.04.2017 | Physical assault | Skopje | While reporting from the Parliament of R. Macedonia, Zorana Gadzovska Spasovska was attacked from behind by a protester, who physically attacked her and damaged her camera. | Zorana Gadzovska Spasovska | Radio Free Europe | Protesters | Reported | |
| 27.04.2017 | Physical assault | Skopje | While standing outside the Parliament, Tome Angjeleski and his colleagues, all journalists, were intercepted by a group of protesters who, after recognizing the journalists, started throwing stones and hitting them with metal bars. Tome Andjeloski managed to escape and suffered minor injuries on his back and limbs. | Tome Angjeleski and other colleagues journalists | Unknown to AJM | Protesters | Reported | |
| 27.04.2017 | Physical assault | While reporting from the Parliament of R. Macedonia, protesters in an attempt to take Stojanovska’s camera and physically attacked her and threw her and the camera on the ground in an attempt to destroy the photos and videos showing their participation in the incident. | Natasha Stojanovska | 24 News | Protesters | Reported | ||
| 27.04.2017 | Physical assault | Skopje | While reporting on the incident from the Parliament of R. Macedonia, Mrgja was attacked by protesters while reporting in one of the parliament’s rooms. She was hit in the head and sustained minor injuries. | Dusica Mrgja | 24 News | Protesters | Reported | |
| 27.04.2017 | Physical assault | Skopje | Independent News Agency Makfax Camera operator was attacked by a mob that entered Parliament as part of the “For a Common Macedonia” protests. He suffered head injuries and had a concussion. | Nikola Ordevski | Makfax | Protesters | Reported | |
| 02.03.2017 | Verbal attack | Skopje | The journalist was spat in the face by the attacker while having dinner in one of the Skopje restaurants, and the whole event was filmed by a second person, and then posted on YouTube. | Borjan Jovanovski | Nova TV | VMRO-DPMNE activist | Reported | |
| 01.03.2017 | Threat to life | Skopje | Three people who accused him of being a traitor attacked the journalist in front of his home. The incident was recorded and posted on YouTube. | Branko Trichkovski | Journalist on social networks | VMRO-DPMNE activists | Reported | |
| 27.02.2017 | Physical assault | Skopje | While reporting on the massive protests “For a Common Macedonia”, two journalists were attacked by unknown assailants because they were not from the pro-government media. They were hit several times in the head, resulting in physical injuries, after which they were taken to hospital and released for home treatment after 24 hours. | Vladimir Zhelchevski and Aleksandar Todorov | A1.on | Protesters | Reported | |
| 24.01.2017 | Personal property destruction | Prilep | The journalist Zoran Milosheski garage was set on fire. | Zoran Milosheski | Publikum.mk | Reported | ||
| 04.01.2017 | Verbal attack | Berovo | The journalist was insulted by the mayor of Berovo on his FB page | Daniela Takeva | Kanal 77 | Dragi Nadzinski (Mayor of Berovo) | Reported |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2016 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 20.11.2016 | Physical assault | Skopje | Physical assault by an unknown person on journalist Belovski in front of the Ministry of Interior while reporting on the inspection of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office in the security department. | Pavle Belovski | TV Telma | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 16.10.2016 | Private property destruction | Shtip | The journalist physically was removed a police officer from the Bregalnica stadium and thus prevented him from reporting on the football match. After this red colour was thrown to his house by an unknown person | Kiro | Freelancer | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 16.09.2016 | Private property destruction | Skopje | A1on and TV21 journalists were attacked and were not allowed to film footage from the flood near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the R. Macedonia. | Vladimir Zelcheski and Aleksandar Todeski | A1on and TV21 | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 16.08.2016 | Personal property destruction | Skopje | Unidentified persons who left the SDSM building verbally attacked journalists from the daily newspaper. Additionally, one of the journalist’s phone was confiscated and knocked thrown on the ground. | Journalists Unknown to AJM | Republic | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 17.06.2016 | Personal property destruction | Skopje | Two members of the security of the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski entered the yard of Television 21 and deleted recordings from the official mobile phone of the journalist Kristijan Landov who had previously filmed the former Prime Minister Gruevski passing on Street Makedonija | Kristijan Landov | TV21 | Members of the security of the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski | Reported | |
| 09.05.2016 | Physical assault | Skopje | The journalist Vanja Michevska from the national radio Kanal 77 was physically prevented from following the gathering of the Civil Movement for Defence of Macedonia (CMDM). Michevska was prevented by some of the participants at the gathering to take photos and preventing the event. | Vanja Michevska | Kanal77 | Protesters | Reported | The event took place in the presence of the police who Not only did not protect the journalist, but asked her to leave the rally |
| 2.04.2016 | Physical assault | Bitola | While reporting on the protests against Mayor Taleski the journalist and photo reporter Petar Stavrev from Bitola was physically assaulted by Kire B. The journalist was physically assaulted and the police intervened. | Petar Stavrev | TV Mega | Kire B. | Reported | |
| 21.04.2016 | Physical assault | Bitola | Participants in the opposition protest in front of the municipality of Bitola attacked the camera operator from Mega TV Bitola, Vladimir Boshkovski. The camera operator was pushed and insulted and ordered to stop filming, | Vladimir Boshkovski | TV Mega | Protesters | Reported | |
| 17.04.2016 | Personal property destruction | Skopje | A group of citizens at the anti-government protest demolished the offices of Radio Free Macedonia (RFM) in Skopje, | Radio Free Macedonia | Radio Free Macedonia | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 14.04.2016 | Prohibition to enter the RM | Deve Bair | Three journalists from the Bulgarian newspaper “24 Hours” were barred from entering the Deve Bair border crossing. | Three foreign journalists (Unknown to AJM) | “24 Hours” from Bulgaria | Members of the border police | Reported | |
| 13.04.2016 | Physical assault | Skopje | A group of journalists and photojournalists physically assaulted by police as they followed a protest against the abolition decision in front of the office of President Gjorge Ivanov. The journalist Goran Naumovski from the portal Plusinfo was hit in the head with a baton and lost consciousness while the photo reporters Ognen Teofilovski from Vest, Nakje Batev from Vecer and Borche Popovski from Sloboden Pechat and Tome Georgiev from Focus were attacked despite being properly labeled as professional journalists, | Goran Naumovski, Ognen Teofilovski, Borche Popovski, Tome Georgiev, Nakje Batev, | Plusinfo, Vest, Vecer, Sloboden Pechat, Focus | Members of the Ministry of Interior | Reported | |
| 04.04.2016 | Personal property destruction | Berovo | The journalist Jane Mamuchevski from the portal Maleshevski Vesnik, by order of the mayor Dragi Nadzinski was expelled from the session of the council of Berovo. The journalist Mamuchevski claims that his private vehicle was damaged for the same reasons. | Jane Mamuchevski | Maleshevski Vesnik | Dragi Nadzinski (Mayor of Municipality Berovo) | Reported | |
| 14.03.2016 | Prohibition to attend a session of a public event | Skopje | The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia, without any explanation, forbade the journalists to attend the session at which the constitutionality of the Law on Pardon was assessed. According to the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court, sessions can be closed to the public if required by the interests of the security and defence of the country, the protection of the state, official or state secret, protection of public moral. | Group of journalists (Unknown to AJM) | Unknown to AJM | Judge from the Administrative Court of the Republic of Macedonia | Reported | |
| 06.03.2016 | Threat to life | Skopje | The editor of the cable national television “TV Shenja” Muhamed Zekiri received verbal threats from representatives of the ruling party Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), | Muhamed Zekiri | TV Shenja | Representatives of the political party Democratic Union for Integration | Reported |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2015 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 20.07.2015 | Physical assault | Skopje | The owner of the portal “Dokaz” Marjan Stamenkovski was brutally beaten in front of a coffee bar in Skopje. He received serious head injuries and a broken nose. After treatment at the local hospital, he reported the case to the Centar police station. | Marjan Stamenkovski | Internet portal Dokaz | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 15.07.2015 | Physical assault | Skopje | Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Peshevski physically attacked the editor-in-chief of the Maktel web portal, Sashe Ivanovski-Politiko, as he approached and asked him questions about the Przhino Agreement. The attack was recorded on video. | Sashe Ivanovski-Politiko | Internet portal Maktel.mk | Vladimir Peshevski (Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia) | Reported | |
| 11.07.2015 | Personal property destruction | Ohrid | Members of the security of the Minister of Finance, Zoran Stavrevski, forcibly took the camera from the journalist Sashe Ivanovski-Politiko and deleted all photos and videos of Stavrevski and the former Minister of Interior, Gordana Jankulovska. The incident happened during the opening of the Ohrid Summer festival. | Sashe Ivanovski-Politiko | Internet portal Maktel.mk | Members of the security of the Minister of Finance | Reported | |
| 23.05.2015 | Physical assault | Skopje | Physical assault on the journalist Sashe Ivanoski by inflicting heavy bodily injuries by unknown persons in front of his home | Sashe Ivanovski-Politiko | Internet portal Maktel.mk | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 17.05.2015 | Threat to life | Skopje | Verbal threats to life of the journalist, Naser Selmani by the Minister of Economy Bekim Neziri | Naser Selmani | AJM President | Bekim Neziri (Minister of Economy) | Reported | |
| 14.05.2015 | Personal property destruction | Skopje | Arson of a private vehicle of the journalist Branko Trichkovski in front of his home by unknown persons | Branko Trichkovski | Journalist on social networks | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 07.05.2015 | Physical assault | Skopje | Physical assault of the editor of Vecher, Ivona Taleska by unknown perpetrators near the square in Skopje | Ivona Taleska | Vecher | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 06.05.2015 | Physical assault | Skopje | Physical assault of the journalist Bojan Shashevski from the portal mkd.mk by members of the Ministry of Interior during a protest in front of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia | Bojan Shashevski | Internet portal mkd.mk | Protesters | Reported | Two days after the incident, the journalist attempted to report the case to the Beko police station, but no report was made. |
| Personal property destruction | Skopje | Attack on the premises of the Republic and Radio Free Macedonia by unknown persons / participants in a protest in front of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia | Premises of the Republic and Radio Free Macedonia | Republic and Radio Free Macedonia | Protesters | Reported | ||
| 21.04.2015 | Threat to life | Skopje | Threats to life of the journalist Borjan Jovanovski and his family by an unknown person in front of his home | Borjan Jovanovski | Nova TV | Unknown to AJM | Reported | |
| 03.04.2015 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Verbal threats against the editor of Netpress, Dejan Nikolovski by the leader of Dostoinstvo, Stojancho Angelov | Dejan Nikolovski | Netpress | Stojancho Angelov (President of political party Dostoinstvo) | Reported |
Случаи на повреда на правата на новинарите - 2014 година
| Date | Type of incident | Place | Description | Journalist’s name and surname | Medium | Offender’s name and surname | Reported to MoI | Comment |
| 09.11.2014 | Verbal attack | Skopje | Verbal attack on the journalist of the daily newspaper Koha, Arben Zeqiri by the President of the Democratic Party of Albanians Menduh Thachi in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia | Arben Zeqiri | Koha | Menduh Thachi (President of the Democratic Party of Albanians) | Reported | |
| 25.08.2014 | Personal property destruction | Skopje | Seizure of the phone of the journalist Dehran Muratov from TV Nova by members of the Ministry of Interior | Dehran Muratov | Nova TV | Members of the Ministry of Interior | Reported | The case was not initially reported but after the AJM reaction it was reviewed by the Sector for Internal Control and it was determined that there is no evidence for it. |
| 07.07.2014 | Illegal custody | Skopje | Detention of the journalist Besim Ibrahimi from the newspaper Lajm | Besim Ibrahimi | Lajm | Members of the Ministry of Interior | Reported | After documenting the event against Besim Ibrahimi, were filed criminal charges for the crime “Participation in a mob that will prevent an official from performing an official action” provided and punishable under Article 384 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia. The person is granted all the rights of a detained person and over him, no excessive physical force or means of coercion have been used. In 2015, the charges have been withdrawn. |
| 07.2014 | Physical assault | Skopje | Attack on journalist Isac Ramadani, Voice of America by protesters (the incident was filmed and broadcast on national television) | Isac Ramadani | Voice of America | Protesters | Reported | The incident has been reported, the identity of the attacker has been established but there is still no information whether a procedure has been initiated and what the status of the case is. |
| 22.05.2014 | Personal property destruction | Skopje | Seizure of cameras and deletion of video materials from the journalists, Sashka Cvetkovska TV NOVA, Meri Moltevska Radio Free Europe and Meri Jordanovska Fokus, by members of the Ministry of Interior during the protests in Gjorce Petrov | Sashka Cvetkovska, Meri Moltevska and Meri Jordanovska | TV NOVA, Radio Free Europe and Fokus | Members of the Ministry of Interior | Reported | From the conversations with all 34 police officers who participated in the police activities, it cannot be determined that someone was involved in the event at all, as stated in the complaint filed within the Sector for Internal Control, i.e., seizure and deletion of recorded video material and photos. |