Tag: prison
Macedonia 06.09.23 | 18:40

Professor Kalajdziev supports proposal to reduce prison terms for abuse of office, but wants them used more frequently

Criminal law professor Gordan Kalajdziev called for more frequent sentencing of abuse of office, instead of the current model of high prison terms who are rarely implemented. His comments come as the ruling majority proposed urgent changes to the Criminal Law that would significantly reduce the minimum...
Macedonia 18.07.23 | 13:53

Idrizovo prison guard has second car torched in a month – fifth such case in a year

A vehicle owned by an officer of the Idrizovo prison guards was set on fire. The same officer had another of his cars torched a month ago. A total of five vehicles owned by guards in Idrizovo were set on fire in the past year. None of these obviously targetted attacks have been resolved by the police.  
Macedonia 11.07.23 | 22:47

Cell set on fire in a disturbance in the Bitola prison

A disturbance was reported in the Bitola prison today, and one cell was set on fire. There are few details about the condition in the prison, other than that it is left without electricity – likely because of safety reasons. Firefighters are at the scene to put out the fire. There are no reports...
Macedonia 06.07.23 | 14:45

Eight years in prison for the Government’s former Secretary General Dragi Rashkovski

Eight years in prison is the sentence that the Court in Skopje delivered to the former Secretary General of the Government. Dragi Rashkovski. Rashkovski got six years for abusing the office while acquiring IT equipment, and 1.6 years for money laundering. Six more people also got from three to five years...
Macedonia 04.06.23 | 18:06

Political prisoner Jane Cento allowed to spend a weekend with his family for first time in six years

Jane Cento, one of the most high profile political prisoners in Macedonia, was released to spend a weekend with his family and his son – for the first time after six years in prison. Cento is sentenced for terrorism over the April 27th incident in the Parliament. He was singled out among the hundreds...
Macedonia 18.04.23 | 23:06

Vehicle used by the deputy director of the Idrizovo prison was set on fire

Unknown perpetrators set fire to the vehicle used by Femi Jonuzi, deputy director of the Idrizovo prison. Jonuzi used an official vehicle for private purposes, and was at a mosque in Studenicani when yesterday when the car was set on fire. Jonuzi is a former member of Parliament from the DUI party, who...
Macedonia 21.03.23 | 14:53

Escape tunnel discovered in Idrizovo prison

Early this morning, the prison police in the prison in Idrizovo carried out a major operation in order to suppress the possible escape attempts of the convicted persons. Construction machinery was also involved in the operation. Unofficially, a dug tunnel with a length of about 60 meters was discovered...
Macedonia 23.01.23 | 19:45

Mijalkov sentenced to two additional years in prison

Former security chief Saso Mijalkov was handed another sentence, of two years in prison, under one of the trials initiated by the now disgraced Special Prosecutors Office. Mijalkov was sentenced for asking the leader of the DPA party Menduh Thaci to have his member in the State Electoral Commission vote...
Macedonia 22.01.23 | 09:39

Prison rules discriminate against women, prisoners with active cases

Prison rules that prevent prisoners who have active court cases from using leave of absence are discriminatory, says lawyer Viktor Cvetkovski in an interview with Republika. The rule is used against former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska – one of the main targets of politically motivated persecution...
Macedonia 17.01.23 | 21:45

Following an embarrassing escape, Prime Minister Kovacevski exempts Albanian prison officials from the list of those who will be punished

Following the scandalous escape of convicted murderer Bekim Mehmeti from a prisoner transport, apparently facilitated by prison guards, the Government moved to replace prison officials. The first to go is Marijan Spasovski, head of the sanctions bureau, who was dismissed after Prime Minister Dimitar...
Macedonia 16.01.23 | 14:26

Stoilkovski: The prison escape was organized by Srdjan Dimitrievski from SDS and Idriz Asani, a prison police officer from DUI?

Neither Mile Zecevic nor SDS answered the questions of public interest, related to the scandalous scenario and the escape of a convict from Idrizovo! That’s why today we continue with another sequence in the direction of how the escape took place and who is involved in the structures of the crime...
Macedonia 23.12.22 | 09:49

Mijalkov drama: Skopje court and Struga prison are trying to shift blame to each other

The department of prisons and the Skopje court are in dispute over the status of former security chief Saso Mijalkov, who is supposed to be serving out a sentence in the Struga prison. The Skopje court requested Mijalkov to appear for a hearing in one of the numerous remaining cases initiated against...
World 22.03.22 | 15:08

Navalny sentenced to nine years in prison

A court in Russia sentenced dissident Alexey Navalny to nine years in prison for fraud. Navalny has frequently embarrassed Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging his corruption. He is charged with fraud and is already serving a sentence in a prison camp. Numerous Western countries denounced the case...
Macedonia 20.03.22 | 19:40

Political prisoner Jane Cento reacts to the light sentences for SDSM’s Colored Revolution activists – they broke the Macedonian spirit

SDSM tried to break the Macedonian spirit when it gave us Draconian prison sentences, and unfortunately, they succeeded, said political prisoner Jane Cento in his latest statement from the Stip prison. Cento was sentenced to 15 years in prison for participating in the April 27th incident in the Parliament....
Balkans 16.12.21 | 10:57

Denmark will send prisoners to serve out their sentences in Kosovo

The Danish Government intends to rent prison space in Kosovo and send 300 detainees who are ordered to be deported from the country to remain there. The people in question are foreigners who committed crimes in Denmark, and were ordered to be deported after the sentence is served. The Scandinavian country...
Macedonia 08.12.21 | 19:27

Kosovo official will visit the Skopje prison, but it’s unclear whether he will meet with members of the jailed terrorist group

Uncertainty clouds the visit of Kosovan Deputy Justice Minister Blerim Salahu to Macedonia planned for tomorrow, after he announced that he intends to visit the group of Albanian terrorists jailed for the 2015 attack on the city of Kumanovo, in which they killed eight Macedonian police officers. The...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 09:49

Divo Naselje terrorists feast in the prison and make videos for TikTok

The Divo Naselje terrorists still behave as if the prison in Idrizovo is their private club in which they feel like high school students on an excursion. The latest scandal involving their serving of sentence in the prison is a TikTok video showing the terrorists playing music, enjoying food, making...
Macedonia 16.10.21 | 17:30

Problems with voting in the prisons across Macedonia

A number of problems were reported with voting in the Skopje, Stip and Bitola prisons. Prisoners vote a day before the main election day. In the Idrizovo prison near Skopje, voting was delayed for an hour and half after the election committee did not provide voting booths. In the Sutka prison, there...
Macedonia 16.09.21 | 17:25

Rule of law, Zaev style: Another jailbird photographed on a street in Skopje

Photos of two criminals linked to the Zaev regime who should be in prison or house arrest but are in fact walking around Skopje were shared today.  First, it was Zaev’s former top adviser Dragi Raskovski, who is supposed to be under house arrest, but was photographed in Skopje’s Aerodrom district....
Macedonia 22.07.21 | 22:24

Court refused request to send Zaev’s right hand man Raskovski back to prison

The court refused a request from the prosecution to again detain Zoran Zaev’s former chief of staff Dragi Raskovski. Raskovski was detained for a month and half, after he was charged with corruption and abuse of office, but was released into house arrest, despite clear indications that he can influence...
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