Tag: april 27
News Macedonia 24.05.23 | 08:50

If the convicted for the April 27 events got 200 years of prison, the current authorities should get 2000

Now it is clear to everyone that human rights were violated and detention was abused, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickovski commented on the first decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the cases related to the events of April 27, 2017. “This decision is a slap in the face for governing...

News Macedonia 20.05.23 | 08:39

First case related to April 27, 2017 events won at the European Court on Human Rights in Strasbourg

Elena Docevska Bozinovska, a long-term professional employed at the Macedonian Parliament, who was wrongfully arrested and spent several months in prison in 2017 on charges of inciting violence on April 27, 2017, when a mass of protesters broke into the parliament, won the legal battle at the European...

Macedonia 05.05.23 | 18:13

April 27th defendants will seek justice in Strasbourg

The 16 defendants in the April 27th trial – sentenced to long prison terms over the incident in the Parliament in 2017, will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. This decision comes after the Supreme Court refused their appeals. The defense will surely appeal to Strasbourg. We will determine...

Macedonia 17.03.23 | 20:16

Apasiev attacks VMRO-DPMNE over the April 27th protesters

The expected refusal of the ruling SDSM – DUI – AA coalition to allow a vote on the proposed amnesty of the April 27th protesters caused recriminations on the political scene. Aware that the vote will fail, some of the VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament, who support the amnesty, were absent...

Macedonia 07.01.23 | 19:04

This Christmas, we must not forget the political prisoners

This Christmas, we need to remember the unjustly imprisoned people who are serving 15 years in prison under the label “terrorists”, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dragan Kovacki. May they not lose faith. Justice is slow, but it will arrive, Kovacki said. The Zaev regime sentenced a group of protesters...

Macedonia 29.11.22 | 16:06

New blow to the defenders of the Constitution: Their families received a warning in three days to pay more than 2,000 euros in court costs

The government dealt a new blow to the defenders of the Constitution during the events of April 27. Warnings have been sent to their families to pay the court costs for the trial against them. The amount they are required to pay is huge, 135,000 denars, that is, more than 2,000 euros each, and some of...

Macedonia 20.10.22 | 10:37

New evidence in ‘April 27’ case: The Hague court is being asked to take over the case

At today’s public session of the Court of Appeal regarding the events of April 27, the representative of the accused Vladimir Atanasovski requested the dismissal of the Public Prosecutor in this case because of what was done to his client. Exemption of the High Public Prosecutor’s Office...

Macedonia 29.11.21 | 22:39

Majority of citizens think people convicted over April 27 are victims in order to cover up the real culprits

The people brought down the April 27 case, this is the only way to describe the latest IPIS poll on the public opinion poll “Events of April 27”. When asked “Are the convicts organizers or victims in order to cover up the real culprits of the event?”, 45.3 percent of the citizens...

Macedonia 26.07.21 | 19:08

Gruevski: One doesn’t commit terrorism acts or violate the constitutional order with drums and whistles, where is the evidence?

One does not commit terrorism acts or violate the constitutional order with drums and whistles, former Prime Minister and VMRO DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski wrote on Facebook on Monday. Today’s court decision in the case called “Organizers of 27” is a result of the general atmosphere...

Macedonia 26.07.21 | 12:09

Politicized trial ends with guilty sentences and prison terms for Veljanoski, Janakieski, Ristoski and Atanasovski

The Skopje court handed guilty sentences and prison terms to four former VMRO-DPMNE and Government officials, over the 2017 incident in the Parliament. In a highly politicized trial, former Speaker Trajko Veljanoski was sentenced to six and a half years in prison, former ministers Mile Janakieski and...

Macedonia 15.07.21 | 14:35

As the day of sentencing draws near, both sides in the April 27th trial are aware they will enter the history books – but in very different light

During the closing arguments of the second April 27th trial, both the prosecution and the defense resorted to evoking historic figures and portrayed the process in its broader place in Macedonian history. The case pits the Zaev regime against several former VMRO-DPMNE officials, who are accused of allegedly...

Macedonia 12.07.21 | 13:07

Key witness lied about his phone contacts on the day of the Parliament incident, the defense says

Aleksandar Vasilevski – Ninja, the key witness of the prosecution in the April 27th trial, was lying when he claimed that he spoke with former Minister Spiro Ristevski on the day of the incident in the Parliament. Ristevski and other former officials are facing long prison sentences from the Zaev...

Macedonia 07.06.21 | 18:42

April 27th trial: Prosecutor Ruskoska offered a man without a license as a forensics expert

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska did not offer much in the way of new evidence today, during a hearing in the new April 27th trial. Ruskoska made a rare personal appearance in the trial against former VMRO-DPMNE officials, who are accused of organizing the 2017 incident in the Parliament – she already...

Macedonia 07.06.21 | 14:19

Amnesia, senility or admitting defeat: What does today’s “additional evidence” of Ruskoska prove?

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska at Monday’s hearing in the case of the so-called organization of April 27 events offered additional evidence that is neither new nor related to the unfortunate events of 4 years ago. Ruskoska as “new” evidence offers old communication via SMS messages between...

Macedonia 22.05.21 | 12:02

Mickoski: April 27 defendants convicted on terrorism charges had unfair trial

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski wrote on Facebook that the April 27 defendants convicted on terrorism charges had an unfair trial. We as VMRO-DPMNE support the upcoming protest set to be held on May 29 that seek justice, that everyone should have the opportunity to prove their innocence. The...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 21:13

Nikoloski: People convicted for April 27 events are not terrorists, it was a direct revenge of Zaev

Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE, Aleksandar Nikoloski, spoke Friday on the “Samo intervju” show about the current political situation in the country, the court decisions in the April 27 case, the bad government policies, as well as the daily criminal affairs involving the government. Nikoloski...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 18:26

Pendarovski: April 27 defendants committed unprecedented crime in Europe, but if there is new evidence, the case should be re-opened!

Following Friday’s meeting with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, President Stevo Pendarovski said that the meeting was aimed at re-establishing political dialogue and for a democracy it is not typical to have interruption of communications between institutions. He said they discussed the problems...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 15:55

Zaev doesn’t expect any move from Pendarovski on the April 27th process, but is open to the possibility of a retrial

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he doesn’t expect anything to come out of the meeting between President Stevo Pendarovski and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, but that it is good to talk. Mickoski and Pendarovski are discussing VMRO’s demand for a retrial of the defendants in the April 27th...

Macedonia 06.05.21 | 21:36

Davidovic: No state institution was endangered, defendants should be held accountable for something else, not for terrorism

The prosecution failed to prove that there was terrorism on April 27. Acts against the state are political crimes, the intention must be proven. If you say that someone has committed a terrorist threat to the constitutional order, they cannot be football players, but terrorists, lawyer Zvonko Davidovic...

Macedonia 06.05.21 | 20:48

VMRO-DPMNE doesn’t seek amnesty, but justice for the defenders of the Constitution

I do not want to go into the powers of the president. The April 27 trial ended with a final verdict of the Court of Appeals, and the next instance is the Supreme Court. But we know that there are cases with court verdicts in which the case is returned for retrial by the Supreme Court, International Secretary...

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