NEDELKOVSKI CONTINUES HIS DISCRIMINATORY SPEECH WITHOUT ANY PUNISHMENT

On  25.10.2019  on his Facebook profile, Milenko Nedelkovski posted:

In this post, he refers to MP Rangelova in a derogatory and vulgar language, thus unequivocally provoking prejudice and violating her dignity. This is not the first time. A few days ago, the Gender Equality Platform published its reaction:

“The gender equality platform strongly condemns the hate speech and gender-based harassment that Milenko Nedelkovski spreads through his Facebook page, targeting women in the public discourse.

Nedelkovski insults politicians on his page and derides them with particularly degrading comments, full of misogyny, sexism, and hate speech. His comments on the look and personality of the politicians are appalling, especially those addressed to MP Daniela Rangelova, which lead to inciting hatred and disrupting Ms Rangelova’s reputation.”

Rangelova had previously been a target of sexism, not only by Nedelkovski. The propaganda against her has intensified, especially after supporting the Prespa Agreement.

Hate speech, according to the legal framework in the country, is a penalty act. Namely, the legal provisions that prohibit and punish hate speech, incitement and dissemination of hate, discrimination or violence directed at one person or a group over the Internet, are in force since 2014.

The Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination provides that “Harassment and degrading treatment is a violation of the dignity of a person or of a group of persons arising out of a discriminatory basis and which is aimed at or as a result of violating the dignity of a particular person or creating a threat, a hostile, humiliating or intimidating environment, approach or practice.”

Unfortunately, Milenko Nedelkovski has been using hate speech for years. So far there have been many reactions. In 2016, the Agency for Media and Audiovisual Media Services, a few years ago, stated that in his show, he incites and promotes discrimination, intolerance and hatred based on sexual orientation. In 2011 the agency punished a television station that aired his show, precisely because of hate speech. In 2009, the OSCE and the AJM responded to his statements, and so didthe AJM and the European Federation of Journalists in 2010. In 2018, the Public Prosecutor’s Office accused Nedelkovski for distributing racist and xenophobic material. In 2012 the journalist Jordanovska reported him for sexual harassment.

The F2N2 team also wrote about the hate speech, which is present in Nedelkovski’s public addressing.

We have written on several occasions about the media coverage of women, public speach to them, and sexism in general.

Nedelkovski’s latest addressing in which he uses discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexism, humiliation and abusive language towards MP Rangelova, until the publishing of our article, had a strong reaction. The post has 35 shares, 541 reactions and 88 comments.

Within these 35 shares, the following Facebook pages shared his post: Bojkotiram, Pavel Shatev.