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Line 43: ==Controversy== The party has come under sustained criticism for maintaining that there is a anSlavic [[Macedonians (ethnic group)\|ethnic Macedonian]] minority in Greece, a country where ''Macedonian'' invariably refers to the [[Greeks\|Greek]] inhabitants of the Greek region of [[Macedonia (Greece)\|Macedonia]]. They have been prosecuted, their offices burnt and effects stolen.<ref name=autogenerated1>http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/rainbow-english.pdf</ref> They have come under sustained attack from much of the Greek national press.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The party offices of the Rainbow party were opened in Florina on the 6th of September 1995. On the 7th of September the offices had been broken into and had been ransacked.<ref>[http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/rainbow-english.pdf Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group- Greece; Greece against its Macedonian minority]</ref> A sign hanging outside the office which had clearly written on it '''ВИНОЖИТО, ΟΥΡΑΝΙΟ ΤΟΞΟ, ЛЕРИНСКИ КОМИТЕТ''' (''Vinožito, Ouránio Tóxo, Lerinski Komitet''). This sign had words ''"Rainbow Party, Florina Comitee"'' written in both [[Greek language\|Greek]] and [[Macedonian language\|Macedonian Slavic]].<ref>[http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/62/056.html Amnesty International will adopt members of ‘Rainbow’ party as prisoners of conscience in case of imprisonment]</ref> This sign was then stolen during the raid. The sign was replaced but on the 12th of September priests from the Florina region called on people to join a ''"demonstration to protest against the enemies of Greece who arbitrarily display signs with anti-Hellenic inscriptions"''. The statement also called for the “deportation” of those responsible.<ref>[https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=927761&Site=COE&BackColorInternet=DBDCF2&BackColorIntranet=FDC864&BackColorLogged=FDC864 European Court of Human Rights - Chamber judgment - Ouranio toxo and others v. Greece]</ref> Early in the morning of the 13th September the offices of the party were attacked by a number of people, including the mayor of Florina.<ref>[http://hrw.org/english/docs/1997/10/09/greece1523.htm Parallel Report on Greece’s compliance

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