Ramiz Alia is being held in prison illegally The new Penal Code came into force yesterday Ramiz Alia’s lawyer, Kleanthi Koçi, speaks Number of people released on 1 June 1995, by prison Tirana Prison (rep. 313): 13 people Tirana Prison (rep. 325): 4 people (2 men, 2 women) Kavaja Prison: 2 people Lezha Prison: 7 people Lushnja Prison: 3 people Tepelena Prison: 2 people Saranda Prison: 5 people Read on page 2 -Former bloc officials Rita Marko and Qirjako Mihali are free Yesterday, two former officials of the communist regime, accused and convicted of abuse of office, Rita Marko and Qirjako Mihali, left Tepelena Prison to return to their families after nearly three years in prison. Earlier pardons and the entry into force of the new Penal Code made their early release possible. Having just arrived in Tirana, they were also unable to comment to the newspaper Koha Jonë.

-T. Keko: “The bill is a primitive and archaic form” Yesterday in parliament Page 4

Yesterday in the case concerning 1.6 million dollars Tartari: Berisha stated that Arsidi was not a fraudster (p. 3)

Imami and Peshkëpia protest at the Ministry of the Interior The Alliance threatened in Rrogozhinë Page 3

There were around 20 kidnapped children in the shack As has also been reported in the official media, the day before yesterday two children aged 12 and 14 went missing. E.SH and A.K, on their way to the Islamic school where they study on Wednesday morning, were kidnapped near Avni Rustemi Square in central Tirana. The kidnappers were in a van and wore sock masks over their heads. As they were put inside, the two children also saw two other boys their age. It was yesterday morning that the boys escaped the kidnappers. According to them, the kidnappers took them a long way away and hid them in a shack. They say there were around 20 other children in the shack as well. On Thursday night, the kidnappers threw the boys some dry bread and locked them in from the outside. In the morning, the children pounded on the door, hoping someone would hear them. By chance, a shepherd came along and opened the door to freedom for them. The children quickly scattered in different directions. As our two protagonists recount, they walked quickly and made it to the city of Fier, where they boarded a bus on the route with Tirana registration plates and returned home. The terror of what they had endured during the two days they were locked up was clearly written in their eyes. We also learn that a week ago a seven-year-old girl from Tirana went missing; she has still not been found. E.B