2014 Albanian demonstrations in Macedonia

2014 Albanian demonstrations in Macedonia
Date 4 July 2014 - 11 July 2014 [1]
Location  Macedonia, mostly in North-west region
Caused by
  • Operation "Monster"
    • Sentence to life imprisonment of six ethnic Albanians
  • Ethnic discrimination
Goals
  • Liberation of the convicted persons
  • Implementation of Ohrid Agreement
  • Ethnic equality
Methods
  • Protests
  • Civil disobedience
  • Demonstrations
  • Online activism
Parties to the civil conflict
Lead figures

The 2014 Albanian demonstrations in Macedonia were series of protests in cities populated with Albanians in Macedonia, following the sentence to life imprisonment of six ethnic Albanians, related to Smilkovci lake killings and the Operation "Monster".[2]

Background

Protests

The first protest took place on 4 July in Caircanka area of Skopje, after the Jum'ah prayer.[3] There were about 9,000 peoples involved in the protest and several participants and police were injured. On 5 July, protest took place the afternoon of in the Čair and the Caircanka areas of Skopje[4] Demonstrations that took place on 6 July were in the following cities: Skopje, Debar, Gostivar, Kicevo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Struga and Tetovo.[5] On 11 July, the protesters were gathered at the Jaja Pasha Mosque in Skopje, after the Friday prayer and continued towards the Courthouse. There were more than 10,000 protesters gathered in this day.

References

  1. ↑ https://photos.state.gov/libraries/macedonea/552353/ArchivePDFsJuly2014/Demo%20Notice-July%204%202014.pdf
  2. ↑ "Monstra: Shpërthejnë lotët në gjykatë, pas dënimit me burg të përjetshëm (VIDEO)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  3. ↑ https://photos.state.gov/libraries/macedonea/552353/ArchivePDFsJuly2014/Demo%20Notice-July%204%202014.pdf
  4. ↑ https://photos.state.gov/libraries/macedonea/552353/ArchivePDFsJuly2014/Demo%20Notice-July%205%202014.pdf
  5. ↑ https://photos.state.gov/libraries/macedonea/552353/ArchivePDFsJuly2014/Demo%20Notice-July%206%202014.pdf


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