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Tirana A 12-year-old child arrested for “agitation and propaganda” -Printed leaflets issued by the PS, calling on its members and supporters to vote against the constitution, were found during a search of the home Unprecedented moments of anguish in the home of PS member Azis Dervishi, who had been appointed by the party as a member of the commission at polling station no. 25 in New Tirana. At 7:00 in the evening, a police “Ford” stopped in front of the house. Seven police officers got out, and an unexpected search of the house began immediately. The search resulted in the discovery of leaflets distributed by the PS, calling on its members and supporters to go to the polls and say NO. Twelve-year-old Alban Dervishi was then immediately arrested along with his mother, Vajde Dervishi, and they were taken to one of the nearest police stations. In response to the mother’s protest and her demand to know the reasons for the arrest, the police replied: “We have orders from above.” They were held in one of the isolation cells without being given water or food for 27 hours, from 7:00 in the evening until 10:00 the following Sunday morning, and were forced to spend the night without sleep. Meanwhile, the head of the family, Azis Dervishi, fearing that there might be manipulation, and despite not knowing that his wife and child were at the police station, did not leave the polling station for a single moment. At 10:00 on Sunday morning they were questioned and told the reason for their arrest: “The 12-year-old boy and his mother have been engaging in propaganda.” After being released, Alban Dervishi said to his mother: “Now we are political persecutées, like Sokrat Kola.” Asked about the real reasons for the arrest of his child and wife, Azis Dervishi said: “They wanted to put pressure on me so that I would leave the commission and become a manipulator. But I knew this, and I did not leave.” A.N.

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