The nongovernmental organizations that provide legal assistance to the victims of police abuse state that the ICPSU is protecting its fellow police officers, and according to the NGOs the investigations should be thorough and carried out with a medical team.
The citizen fell on the asphalt by himself and sustained severe bodily injuries, or, he injured himself since he was hitting his head into the car – is stated in the answers of the ICPSU, complain the NGOs that provide legal assistance to the victims of police abuse. According to them, the ICPSU should conduct more thorough investigations which should be carried out with a medical team and make appropriate statements, instead of statements full of illogicalities.
According to the NGOs, there were also illogicalities regarding the petition in the case of Vlado Buchkovski and his retention at the border crossing Bogorodica on the 1st of August.
Slavica Duljanova
Source: Sitel (22.8.2007)
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NGO Human Rights Support Project reacts on, as it states, the spectacular arrests and the statements while pressing charges made by high officials of the Ministry of Interior (MI) according to which - the police have irrefutable evidence.This NGO supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and
the Soros Foundation calls on the state authorities to cease the
practice of brutally violating one of the basic human rights – the
presumption of innocence. According to the European Court of Human
Rights, the public statements for the guiltiness of a high
representative of the executive authority results in him being
considered guilty by the citizens, thus influencing and exerting
pressure on the court authorities; is stated in the reaction of the
Human Rights Support Project.
Source: Kanal 5 (31.07.2007)
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Establishing free telephone line 0800 11 333 for reporting alleged cases of police misuse within the Human Rights Support Project.
Respected,
Human Rights Support Project (HRSP) is the civil society initiative that is focused on the emergence of police misbehaviour or misuse. The aim of the project is to pay attention of the use of illegal physical and psychological force by the police force representatives during performing their official duties and to help development of effective for protection of human rights of the alleged victims.
The main objective of our statement is to inform you that starting from November 1, 2006 a free telephone line 0800 11 333 is established. Each working day from 9:00 to 17:00 the citizens can report cases of police misuse, i.e. the use of illegal physical and psychological force by the police force representatives.
HRSP has been implementing for three years by the NGOs ARKA, CDD, Coalition all for fair trials, IZBOR and CCI. The project is financially supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia.
For further information please contact us:
Petar Jordanoski, HRSP Project coordinator
Tel. 3215 363, web: www.hrsp.org.mk
E-mail:
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