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“As Though We Are Not Human Beings”

Police Brutality against Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Macedonia

The 59-page report documents physical and verbal abuse at the hands of Macedonian officials at the border with Greece, ill-treatment by police guards in the Gazi Baba detention center between June 2014 and July 2015, and the failure of the authorities to investigate or hold those responsible to account. Human Rights Watch also documented arbitrary detention of migrants and asylum seekers in inhuman and degrading conditions in Gazi Baba. 

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  • Failure to Protect

    Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004

    This 66-page report documents the widespread attacks against Serbs, Roma, Ashkali (Albanian-speaking Roma) and other minorities that took place in Kosovo on March 17-18.

  • Out of Limbo?

    Addressing the Plight of Kosovo Roma Refugees in Macedonia

    The plight of Kosovo Roma refugees in Macedonia—dramatically demonstrated by their protest occupation of a border area between Greece and Macedonia from May until August this year—highlights the gap between international refugee law on the one hand, and the reality for refugees in Europe today on the other.

  • Crimes Against Civilians:

    Abuses by Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001

    Macedonian government troops committed grave abuses during an August offensive that claimed ten civilian lives in the ethnic Albanian village of Ljuboten, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today.

  • Memorandum on Human Rights and Rule of Law Priorities in Yugoslavia

    The November 24-25 summit in Zagreb, with the participation of fifteen European Union (E.U.) states and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia, provides a unique opportunity for the E.U.

  • Police Violence in Macedonia

    Official Thumbs Up

    This report documents human rights abuses related to the work of the police and other law enforcement officials in Macedonia, with an emphasis on police violence and violations of the right to due process.

  • A Threat to "Stability"

    Human Rights Violations in Macedonia

    Macedonia has taken some important steps toward democratization since declaring its independence from the Yugoslav federation in 1991. Substantive reform has opened the door to the European institutions and laid the foundation for a multi-party system based on the rule of law. Nevertheless, some serious problems remain.

  • Human Rights in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

    Facing serious problems, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is making the difficult transition from communism to democracy and a free market economy. It also faces the possibility of the Bosnian war overtaking the region.