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UMD Urges All Macedonians to Call Their Representatives to Co-Sponsor H. Res. 1070
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UMD Urges All Macedonians to Call Their Senators to Co-Sponsor S. Res. 459
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Please help Macedonia by countering the Greek foreign minister’s misinformation campaign designed to derail Macedonia’s NATO membership invitation at the NATO summit in April.
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Greek-Americans lobby Congress to refer to us as 'FYROM.'  S. Res. 300 is inaccurate and inappropriate.  Act Quickly: call/fax/e-mail/visit your Senator.  Educate your Senator on this issue ASAP!
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"The Greek government views the term "Macedonian" as a geographic term that describes all Greek citizens living in the Macedonian region in northern Greece. The government denies the assertions of the ethnic Macedonians in Greece that they are are a minority group; officials refer to them as "Slavophone Greeks" or "bilinguals." - Human Rights Watch

Click HERE to read Human Rights Watch Report on Greece. - A MUST READ

Click HERE to read the U.S. Department of State's Human Rights Report on Greece.

Click HERE to read MHRMI 2008 Annual Report on Greece.

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Greek Torture and Expulsion PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 18 November 2005
Niki Lazaro, inspired by our press release UMDiaspora Sends Letter to Greek President, writes to us and describes first hand the hardship of the state sponsored discrimination he experienced under Greek torture. Niki even today can not visit his birthplace in a country that is part of the European Union.
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Chris Elinchev Sends Letter to the American Hellenic Institute PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 04 November 2005
On a recent trip to Northern Greece I found that everywhere I went people spoke and understood the Macedonian language.  There are estimates of 500,000 to 1,000,000 people of Macedonian ancestry left in northern Greece today.  Yet ethnic Macedonians in northern Greece are not allowed to have their own cultural organizations, worship in their own churches or print newspapers in the Macedonian language .
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