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Formed in 1984 the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee is an Australian based non-government organisation that informs and advocates to governments, international institutions and broader communities about combating discrimination and promoting basic human rights. The aspiration is to ensure that Macedonian communities in Australia and throughout the world are recognised, respected and afforded equitable treatment.


MHRMI and AMHRC Launch Ad Campaign Demanding End to Name Negotiations

Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (July 7, 2010) - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) have launched an ad campaign in the Republic of Macedonia demanding an end to all negotiations with Greece over its name.

Ads will appear in every major newspaper and billboard ads will begin in the centre of Skopje.

MHRMI and AMHRC ask every Macedonian organization, in the Republic of Macedonia and abroad, to join our call for Macedonia to immediately cease name negotiations.

To sign on or see the ad campaign, please visit www.mhrmi.org/our_name_is_macedonia

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AMHRC Autumn Review

In the Autumn review you will find :
  • AMHRC/MHRMI to launch campaign for legal action against the greek state to restore citizenship and property rights to macedonians from greece
  • AMHRC/MHRMI welcome the launching of the 'nova zora' newspaper in greece
  • statement of efa-rainbow, amhrc and mhrmi on the 2010 state department report on human rights practices in greece
  • letter to ms ghitis
  • correspondence with the lord mayor
  • AMHRC 2010 dinner
  • AMHRC/MHRMI condemn bulgarian foreign minister's statement that no macedonian minority exists in bulgaria
  • interview with dimitri ioannou (dimitri jovanov) editor of nova zora newspaper in aegean macedonia
  • understanding the past: its importance for macedonians
  • hellenism and the megali idea
  • two macedonian voices in the diaspora
  • a statement in response to misinformation regarding the so-called 'decision' to returngreek citizenship to macedonians from greece
  • the greek anti-macedonian struggle 1903-1905 in review: a journey from myth towards history
Download the review here.


2010 AMHRC Gala Ball DVD Now Available

On Saturday the 20th of March 2010, over 400 guests attended the 26th Annual Gala Ball of the AMHRC at Neret Receptions in Melbourne. Now you can re-live the many highlights from this amazing event with the official DVD. Hear from the distinguished Professor of Balkan and Slavic Linguistics from the University of Chicago, Dr Victor Friedman, and Editor-in-Chief of the new 'Nova Zora' newspaper in Greece and Vinozito representative, Dimitri Jovanov.

The evening also saw the induction of four Honorary Life Members of the AMHRC. Plus as a special bonus the DVD also features the popular AMHRC membership commercial that was launched earlier this year on YouTube.

DVD Duration: Approximately 80 minutes
Cost: $20 (includes postage within Australia)

Click here to download the order form.








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Latest News


21.08.2010 ::Macedonians Demand End to Name Negotiations
Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia (August 19, 2010) - Macedonians in the Republic of Macedonia, and throughout the world, are showing overwhelming support for the "Our Name is Macedonia" ad campaign, which demands that Macedonia end all negotiations with Greece over its name ... read more

21.05.2010 :: AMHRC Summer Review - 2010
AMHRC official visit to Canberra, Detsa Begaltsi, Greece blacklists Macedonians, On the difficulties facing Vinozito, Mike Rann in focus, In review - Michael Seraphinoff, AMHRC hosted the Melbourne premiere of a name is a name, Every Premier has his price, and some go real cheap, Igor Pavlovski of Denes interviews the AMHRC Executive, MHRMI and United Macedonians contribute to Canadian Museum for Human Rights ... read more

18.05.2010 :: Sandridge Bridge Macedonian Panel Vandalised
The AMHRC has written to the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle, in an effort to hasten the restoration of the vandalised glass panel on the Sandridge Bridge ... read more

11.05.2010 :: AMHRC/ MHRMI Condemn Bulgarian Foreign Minister's statement that no Macedonian minority exists in Bulgaria
The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) condemn the statement by the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Nikolay Mladenov that a Macedonian minority does not exist in Bulgaria ... read more

07.05.2010 :: AMHRC/MHRMI Welcome the launch of the "Nova Zora" newspaper in Greece
The Australian-Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) welcome the launching of Nova Zora (New Dawn), a bilingual newspaper in Macedonian and Greek dedicated to issues concerning the Macedonian minority in Aegean Macedonia, Greece ... read more

01.05.2010 ::Response To Misinformation Regarding The So-Called "DECISION" To Return Greek Citizenship To Macedonians From Greece
The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) are issuing this statement in order to answer some questions that have arisen as a result of what appears to be a misinformation campaign orchestrated by Greek sources. It has been alleged that the Greek government has made a decision to return citizenship to Macedonian exiles who originate from Greece... read more

01.05.2010 :: MHRMI and AMHRC Call on Macedonia to Immediately Cease Name Negotations
In light of US Ambassador Philip Reeker's recent comments that "The [name] issue must be solved, because if not, a question mark is put on Macedonia's future" ... read more

01.05.2010 :: Bulgaria Reverts to Past Totalitarian Practices and Bans Macedonian and Us Citizens from Attending Macedonian Commemorations
Bulgaria has begun to emulate long time EU member Greece's practice of harassing or banning "undesirables" from entering their country. This includes anyone who dares to proclaim the existence of a Macedonian minority... read more

29.04.2010 :: AMHRC and MHRMI To Launch Campaign For Legal Action Against The Greek State To Restore Citizenship And Property Rights To Macedonians From Greece
The Australian-Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC), Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI), the Association of the Refugee Children from Aegean Macedonia of Melbourne and Victoria, the Association of Refugee Children from Aegean Macedonia (ARCAM) in Canada and Macedonian refugee associations in the Republic of Macedonia have decided to launch a campaign for legal action against the Greek state to restore citizenship and property rights to Macedonians from Greece ... read more

16.03.2010 :: Rann's Unsatisfactory Response
Yesterday, Premier Rann's office released to the media a response to the complaint lodged by the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) against the Premier at the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commision), for discriminatory statements in reference to Macedonians. We consider Mr. Rann's response to be unsatisfactory ... read more

15.03.2010 :: Premier Rann under Investigation by Australian Human Rights Commission
The Australian Human Rights Commission ("the Commission") has acted on the complaint lodged by the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee ("AMHRC") against the Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann ... read more

12.03.2010 :: 2010 US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices in Greece
Yet again, the denial of the rights of the Macedonian minority featured in this year's report. In respect of freedom of association, the State Department noted that the "government continued to refuse to allow the registration of the group Home of Macedonian Culture as an association in accordance with the provisions of the civil code" ... read more

11.03.2010 :: Professor Victor Friedman to give public Lecture La Trobe university
Professor Friedman will be discussing both the history and current state of the Balkan Sprachbund in light of the Guggenheim & Fulbright-Hays-sponsored research undertaken in Macedonia 2008-2009 ... read more

11.03.2010 :: AMHRC to host an Open Forum
The AMHRC will be Hosting an Open Forum question and answer session with Professor Victor Friedman and Dimitri Jovanov - Macedonian Human Rights Activist from Aegean Macedonia ... read more

04.03.2010 :: AMHR Proudly presents "a name is a name"
On the 4th March, the AMHRC proudly presented the film "a name is a name" ... read more

18.02.2010 :: 'Denes' interviews AMHRC Executive
The Editor of 'Denes' Igor Pavlovski interviewed the AMHRC executive recently. The results were published in Denes this week ... read more

12.02.2010 :: Condemnation of Albania's State-Sponsored Discrimination Against Macedonians
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) condemn the Albanian government's involvement in preventing Macedonian language classes from taking place in the Golo Brdo region ... read more

10.02.2010 :: AMHRC official visit to Canberra
On 1-2 February 2010, a delegation from the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee visited Canberra for a number of important meetings with Federal MPs and the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Australia. The visit was the first in series of visits planned for 2010 and carries on from several meetings held in Canberra in 2009 ... read more

04.02.2010 :: AMHRC Begins Formal Action Against South Australian Premier Rann
At a recent Greek Festival, South Australian Premier Mr Mike Rann delivered a speech that was inflammatory, bigoted and offensive to all ethnic Macedonians. The AMHRC has delivered and an open letter to Mr Rann informing him of our intention to persue him via legal means ... read more

31.01.2010 :: AMHRC 26th Annual Dinner Dance
The AMHRC's Annual Dinner Dance is to be held on the 20th March 2010. This years guest includes Dimitris Ioannou (Jovanov), Macedonian Human Rights activist from Greece and Professor Victor Friedman distinguished Professor of Linguistics from the University of Chicago. This years event promises to be memorable ... read more

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