Political power seeks to intimidate the free press Frangaj declares: "I would consider it an honor to be sentenced by such a state" Lawyer Ngjela declares before the investigator: "Your accusation, though absurd, falls apart" Does the Albanian state know that a journalist is a journalist? How many European journalists would the Albanian state have imprisoned during the years of the Cold War? Read on page 2: THE CRIMINAL TRIAL AGAINST THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE NEWSPAPER "KOHA JONË" CONTINUES

As is known, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Koha Jonë", Nikoll Lesi, and Aleksander Meksi have become the target of a newspaper campaign of slander by the national-communist press, spearheaded by pro-Serb and pseudomonarchist circles. Having received no explanation regarding the actions connected with the so-called defamation charge and the newspaper's samizdat, the editorial leadership, in order not to fall victim to and be compromised by the official closure of the newspaper, acted to regularize and for the first time bring all its procedures under the control of an accounting and linguistic expert, with the note that in November, up to the headings, the intervention titles of the staff chiefs. SËPATIM NELLA: Newspaper director PIERO CUPI: Editor-in-chief Journalists: NIKOLL LESI, ALEKSANDËR FRANGAJ, ARMAND SHKULLAKU, FATOS KLOSHI, BLEDI ÇUÇI, ALIRKENSANDËR [?] TIRANCA, ARDIAN SHVILLANI, FATJON PIVATOR GJONI, BERTIAN MARA, PAVLIN TEVA, DANT GJENDI. Publishing council: AZEM HAJDARI, Ylber ARAPI, TIVOS HONONA, EDI PANAR, ARDY DAN MAJOSI, KOÇO VLLACI, BLENDI ÇONXHE.

The relentless attack of the present Albanian state against the newspaper "Koha Jonë" is also enriched in meaning by a political lawsuit, a counterattack of slander, pseudo-news and journalistic chronicles against its editor-in-chief. The relentless attack of the present Albanian state against the newspaper «Koha Jonë» is also enriched in meaning by a political lawsuit, a counterattack of slander, pseudo-news and journalistic chronicles against its editor-in-chief, in no way undermining the freedom of this newspaper as a whole. The state seems not to recognize the profession of journalist and his rights in relation to political power. Overall, this is an extension of the logic of the totalitarian state to place the free press under its pressure. The leadership appears to have reached the idea that press freedom must be limited and the journalists of the newspaper «Koha Jonë» must follow certain political currents with precision, as of April 1, 1993. The conference will be held at 5:30 p.m.

After many and many attacks and new and immediate censorship carried out in the press organs, television, and in the passion of groups against Albanian journalists, there is an attempt to implement totalitarian terror day by day. «Koha jonë» is seeking an official explanation of the basis on which it became known, and the speculative ruling with some newspapers by accusing slander for wide passages against Aleksandër Frangaj. This is becoming a pre-public arrest, the detention of the leaders of the newspaper «Koha Jonë», as a body that defends the free press. The Albanian Committee for the Protection of Journalists has made it known that it will react with organized protest against these positions and against any defamatory actions and organizations that Hesti-dhi.

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