North Macedonia

ILGA-Europe and the LGBTI Support Centre reported five incidents of damage to property, including against community centres and personal property; one incident of threats by a group against a group of LGBT activists; and two physical assaults resulting in serious injuries against transgender people, including one carried out by a group. The organizations also reported an arson attack against an LGBTI support centre.

The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported a series of incidents of damage to property against the LGBT Support Centre in Skopje, including damage to the door and windows, one attack against the centre that put staff present at the time at risk, and a separate arson attack. The Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported a further three incidents of damage to property, including one additional attack against the LGBT Support Centre during gay pride week; a series of physical assaults against LGBT activists by a group, and a further physical assault against a gay man by a group; and one incident where a group of people threw stones at the house of a well-known LGBT rights activist.

The Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported ten physical assaults by groups of attackers causing serious injuries and often involving weapons, including knives and sticks, as well as 46 physical assaults, five of which caused serious injuries. Victims of the assaults were either ethnic Albanians or ethnic Macedonians. In addition, the Committee reported 20 incidents of damage to property, including 13 incidents in which stones were thrown at buses or trains, several of which resulted in injuries, and an unspecified number of additional incidents targeting objects affiliated with ethnic groups. The Committee also reported two incidents of racist graffiti, one each on an Orthodox church and a mosque.

The Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported four incidents of desecration to places of worship.