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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1749. By letter dated 13 September 2002 sent jointly with the Special Rapporteur on
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Special
Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information on Albert
Ibraimov, a Roma teenager, was had reportedly been arrested on 4 June 2002 by two
female police officers while he was washing car windows at an intersection in Skopje.
It was reported that he had been forced to enter a police van, that his neck had been hit
and that he had been to the Beko police station, where he was believed to have been
beaten up with truncheons by the two female police officers. A male officer, alleged
to belong to the reserve police forces, was also said to have slapped him on the face. It
was believed that as a result of the treatment he had allegedly been subjected to, he
lost consciousness. He was also believed to have been insulted on his Roma origin.
He was eventually released on the same day. On 5 June 2002, he reportedly received
medical treatment at the Skopje city hospital for his bruises in particular on the upper
part of the back and head. He was said to have had blood in his urine for several days.
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This report has been published by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights on August 2, 2005.