2012 AMHRC Annual Dinner Dance - Saturday 24th March

CONFIDENTIAL AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT REVEALS: Greece eventually will have to accept the use of ‘Macedonian’!

An internal Australian government document released to the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that in relation to the use of the term ‘Macedonian’, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) advises that:

“…Greece eventually will have to accept the use of ‘Macedonian’ to describe nationality and ethnicity”(Ministerial Submission, 09-1054, 26/05/2009, page 12).

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UN expert recommends Bulgaria recognise its Macedonian minority

Blagoevgrad/Gorna Dzumaja (Bulgaria), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada)

OMO "Ilinden" PIRIN, the political party of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, together with the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) welcome the recent release of the report of the United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues on the situation in Bulgaria.

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Australian Government announces policy shift and recognises Macedonian community

The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) is pleased to announce that after a sustained lobbying campaign, the Australian Government has finally withdrawn its discriminatory and racist "Slav Macedonian" Directive which renamed the Macedonian community in 1994.

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АВСТРАЛИСКАТА ВЛАДА НАЈАВУВА ПРОМЕНА НА ПОЛИТИКАТА И ЈА ПРИЗНАВА МАКЕДОНСКАТА ЗАЕДНИЦА

Австралиско-македонскиот комитет за човекови права (АМКЧП) со задоволство изјавува дека после една долготрајна кампања на лобирање, австралиската влада конечно ја има повлечено својата дискриминаторска и расистичка „Славо-македонска“ директива со која што македонската заедница беше преименувана во 1994 г.

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MHR Review - Issue #9 - January 2012

In this edition of the MHR Review:

• One Hundred Year’s Ago: The Partition of Macedonia – George Vlahov
• MHRMI and AMHRC Reiterate Demand that Macedonia End Name ‘Negotiations’
• Show Your Support for Macedonian Human Rights
• To the Foreign Minister of Australia – David Vitkov
• To SBS and WUG – Goran Babuasku
• Hague Judgement Reinforces Need for Macedonia to End Name ‘Negotiations’
• Random Summer Thoughts – George Papadakis
• Успешна Приказна на Мигрант од Македонија – Игор Павловски
• A Review of Meto Jovanovski’s Novel: Cousins – Dr. Michael Seraphinoff
• AMHRC and MHRMI Denounce Albania’s Census
• We need to Reinvigorate and Quickly – Eftim Mitrevski
• Landmark Study of Macedonian Language nears Completion – Dr. Chris Popov
• Interview with DJ Mangal – John Tsiglev
• AMHRC Meets with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
• Political Lobbying and Australia’s Macedonian Community – Sasha Nackovski
• Our Soul is Always There – Dimitri Jovanov
• Historic Moments in Lerin – Dimitri Jovanov
• Speech by Professor Victor A. Friedman at the launch of the New Macedonian to Greek Dictionary in Lerin
• The 2001 Civil Conflict in Macedonia and the Framework Agreement – Vasko Nastevski

Download the MHR Review - Issue #9 - January 2012 edition here.