Macedonian Mother with Bulgarian Passport Fears for Her Life

Politics » DIPLOMACY | February 22, 2010, Monday // 15:51
Macedonian Mother with Bulgarian Passport Fears for Her Life: Macedonian Mother with Bulgarian Passport Fears for Her Life Spaska Mitrova was sentenced and served time in a Macedonian prison over charges she did not allow her estranged husband to see their daughter. Photo by BGNES

Macedonian policemen have threatened Spaska Mitrova, the Bulgarian mother living in Macedonia, the Bulgarian nationalist party VMRO informs.

About 10 policemen in uniform broke in Mitrova's parents house around 11 am Tuesday. They warned Mitrova that if even one Bulgarian reporter is present at her Wednesday trial, she would have to live through horror much exceeding everything that has happened to her so far.

“Obviously the support on the part of the Bulgarian public in the country and abroad for our fellow Bulgarian in Macedonia is making the Macedonian authorities extremely nervous. It seems the efforts of the Macedonian cabinet aimed at EU membership, range from police threats to staged trials with fake evidence,” the VMRO declaration reads, adding they stand firm behind Mitrova and will send representatives to her trial.

Mitrova, herself, told Darik radio she is afraid for her life.

Over the past week Mitrova was able to see her 3-year-old daughter Suzanna for the first time in the last year and a half. She says she spent 5 hours with her and had to take her almost by force from the social home where the girl is placed.

Mitrova further explained Suzanna, whose father persistently works against the mother, did not want to see her.

The woman, who lives in Macedonia, but holds a Bulgarian passport and perceives herself as Bulgarian, was sentenced and served time in a Macedonian prison over charges she did not allow her estranged husband to see Suzanna. She was released on parole, but the parental rights case is ongoing. She has been the cause of diplomatic scandal between the two countries in 2009.

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