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People take part in a protest in support of media freedom after a journalist was sentenced to prison for an article, in Skopje, North Macedonia, 20 January 2015, ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP via Getty Images Authorities will treat cases involving attacks on journalists in the same way as they treat assaults on police officers. There will also be new penalties for assaulting a journalist or a media worker, and online harassment will be criminalised.
This statement was originally published on europeanjournalists.org on 29 July 2021.
Penalties for attacks on journalists will toughen in North Macedonia, Justice Ministry
Bojan Maricic announced on 27 July 2021. The amendments to the Criminal Code are expected to be passed in the early autumn. The
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Beneficiaries and partners of the EU and Council of Europe joint action on
“Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media in North Macedonia - JUFREX” confirmed their commitment to support the future efforts towards strengthening
freedom of expression and freedom of the media in North Macedonia, in line with European standards. This was underlined during the Second Steering Committee meeting of JUFREX action in North Macedonia that took place on 16 February 2021 in a form of online meeting, attended by key representatives of European Union, Council of Europe and action’s beneficiaries (Academy of Judges and Public Prosecutors, Association of Journalists of Macedonia, Ministry of Interior, Bar Association, Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and Facult