Macedonia: Concerns Over Anti-Protest Collusion of Facebook and Police

Posted 17 June 2011 0:17 GMT

Countries	Macedonia
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Law, Protest, Politics, Digital Activism
Languages	English

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Français	· Macédoine : Inquiétudes sur la suppression de pages Facebook
Έλληνικά	· ΠΓΔΜ: Ανησυχία για συμπαιγνία Facebook και Αστυνομίας ενάντια στο κίνημα των διαδηλώσεων

Macedonia

The people currently protesting against police brutality in Macedonia have published an Open Letter to Facebook, expressing concern over “swift deletion policy” of their Facebook pages and events on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior under excuse that they promote violence. This hampers the peaceful demonstrations, which, by definition, are against violence, and for the rule of law.

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