Ongoing violations against journalists in the Republic of Macedonia
by Ilcho Cvetanoski (guest contributor)
Two journalists were injured whilst 21 more were assaulted, threatened, and barred, or their equipment seized, during the storming of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The incidents took place in the capital, Skopje, on Thursday, 27 April 2017.
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (ZNM) told the ECPMF fact-finding delegation on the spot that the injured journalists were Dimitar Tanurov, a reporter for the online Meta news agency, and Nikola Ordevski, a cameraman with the Makfax news agency. Ordevski was even treated and hospitalised with a concussion, according to local media.
The incident in the…
