Date 4 July 2014 - 11 July 2014 Location Macedonia, mostly in North-west region Causes Operation "Monster"
Sentence to life imprisonment of six ethnic Albanians
Ethnic discrimination Goals Liberation of the convicted persons
Implementation of Ohrid Agreement
Ethnic equality Methods Protests
Civil disobedience
Demonstrations
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The 2014 Albanian demonstrations in Macedonia were series of protests in cities populated with Albanians in Macedonia, following the sentence to life imprisonment of six ethnic Albanians, related to Smilkovci lake killings and the Operation "Monster".
Protests
The first protest took place on 4 July in Caircanka area of Skopje, after the Jum'ah prayer. There were about 9,000 peoples involved in the protest and several participants and police were injured. On 5 July, protest took place the afternoon of in the Čair and the Caircanka areas of Skopje Demonstrations that took place on 6 July were in the following cities: Skopje, Debar, Gostivar, Kicevo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Struga and Tetovo. On 11 July, the protesters were gathered at the Jaja Pasha Mosque in Skopje, after the Friday prayer and continued towards the Courthouse. There were more than 10,000 protesters gathered in this day.