ALBANIA, DICTATORSHIP OR THE MIDDLE AGES

ALBANIA, DICTATORSHIP OR THE MIDDLE AGES Criminal police violence One citizen died, hundreds of others

TO BERISHA: Criminal police violence

One citizen died, hundreds of others are beaten and brutally assaulted The Albanian Governmental Helsinki Committee, in order to protest, is perhaps waiting for people to be burned at the stake. READ ON PAGE 3 BY ALEKSANDER FRANGAJ. -

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REXHEP QOSJA addressing BERISHA: «Why in

TO BERISHA: «Why are human rights violated in Albania?»

“If democracy is a worldview; if democracy is tolerance; if democracy is consideration for others; if democracy is the protection of the individual from state violence, then democracy is not merely propaganda. “Why does Albania continue to be a party-state—a state in which state structures are completely identified with the party structure? Why is Albanian TV completely controlled, indeed usurped by the ruling party; why, in Albania, in various fields, are human rights and freedoms violated...” CHANGE YOURSELF WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME! • From the letter of Professor Rexhep Qosja, sent to President Berisha. Prishtina, 30. 1. 1993

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A well-known anti-communist from Mirdita, Ndue Zef Ndoci, writes: «I’M AFRAID THAT THE CAT WILL EAT NDUE PJETËRI GJONMARKAJ.»

Democracies that call for prisons and chains

Read on page 5 an interview with Mr. D. Agolli

Was Kalakula attacked for what he said in Parliament?