Tirana is marking today the great December of democracy. The memorial in memory of the hero Azem Hajdari is inaugurated. Protest march from the "Studenti" district to "Skënderbej" Square December shakes power Students await their celebration in strike. Secret police, as in '90, seeks to crush the students. The capital and all of Albania demand the removal of the terrorist government

Held in a cell all Thursday night! The PD Presidium, Genti Strazimiri Absurd charges of "arms trafficking" were reported in a media interview by a police spokesperson. Convicted as the author of anti-government activities?! The police and the prosecutor's office detained senior PD official and member of the FRPD Presidium Genti Strazimiri on Sunday evening. Strazimiri was detained despite not being involved in Sunday's protests, let alone in anti-government activities. The charge brought against Strazimiri is "arms trafficking," an accusation made in a media interview by a police spokesperson. According to him, Strazimiri had gone together with other Democratic militants to the Elbasan area to bring weapons to Tirana and distribute them to his supporters. Strazimiri himself denied all police accusations. In his interview for foreign media, Genti Strazimiri explained that after his car was searched, the police found nothing illegal and he described everything as a political provocation. The chairman of the PD Youth Forum, Genti Strazimiri, was held in the detention cells throughout the night and only yesterday morning was a meeting allowed with PD representatives. ON PAGE 2

The student uprising of December 1990 came in the second week of that month. Students and teachers from the "Studenti" district moved on Monday, 3 December 1990. The 4th was the first day of the demonstration against the communist regime. The students' protest became open during Wednesday, 5 December. Its escalation managed to bring about the end of the communist regime. The rally organized on 8 December in Studenti brought together hundreds of young people on an anti-government platform. There, for the first time, the demand for political pluralism and a market economy was outlined. On the evening of 8 December 1990, hundreds of students set off toward the city center. The clash with police and security forces marked the entry into a new stage of resistance to the regime. In the days that followed, the movement turned into a national process that brought about the fall of the political monopoly and the birth of pluralism in Albania.

STUDENTS ON STRIKE [?] ON PAGE 5

8 December - the day of honoring Albanian pluralism After one of their protests and only with 18 months! to know the political prisoners and we are promoting [...] After a [protest?] pluralism and only with 18 months! to know the political prisoners and we are promoting ON PAGE 3

Berlusconi's special envoy meets the striking students and teachers ON PAGE 3

Today, 986 days since the massacre of the leader of the bloc [?] Today, 986 days since the massacre of the leader of the b[j]lock [?] The government protects the killers of Azem Hajdari ON PAGE 3

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Ikka Kekkon warns PD ON PAGE 4

Berisha met with Berlusconi's special envoy, the undersecretary of the foreign committee in the Italian Parliament, Alessandro Bergamo PD Chairman Sali Berisha received, in the blue headquarters, the undersecretary for foreign affairs in the Italian Parliament, Alessandro Bergamo. During this meeting, Berisha stressed that Albania is living through the most dramatic days in its history and that public opinion must focus on the terror exercised by the police and the situation created in the country after the killing of opposition leader Azem Hajdari. Berisha further asked Bergamo to raise greater awareness among Italian public opinion. As part of this visit, Berisha and Bergamo one day visited the city of "Studenti", where students are on hunger strike. Afterwards the two held a meeting with the teachers who are coordinating the activities of the students on hunger strike.

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