Havari does not implement the Cassation Court’s decision. The detainees from Milot are again being kept in cells. The court had ordered house arrest In Shkodër and Gjirokastër, determined anti-communists are being targeted. Police raid the homes of the man who defended Tridha in March last year The Albanian government is jailing the personalities of national independence, and the deputies of the governing coalition, and is again imprisoning senior officials of the PD. With the arrest of Dr. Alibeaj and the arrest of Dr. Bode and the killing of Azem Hajdari through a murder in the state parliament, in front of the PD anteroom in broad daylight, and with the use of the Albanian state police to strike the anti-communists of Shkodër and Gjirokastër, it is being proven that the Nano government is turning Albania into a prison for Albanians. In Shkodër, the black police of Havari have arrested the anti-communists who played an important role in defending the institutions from the communist rebellion at the beginning of March 1997, together with some of the representatives of the OSCE mission. The arrest warrants signed by the Minister of Order, Neritan Ceka, have been issued against these anti-communists, with the aim even of creating insecurity and destabilizing the political situation. The detainees are still being held in cells, although the Court of Cassation has ordered house arrest as the security measure. According to the court’s decision, Nano’s and Havari’s government are obliged to implement the court ruling, but Havari is showing that he is law above the state and law above justice. State terror has not stopped in Gjirokastër either. Police forces carried out a spectacular raid on the home of the chairman of the PD in Gjirokastër, Mr. N[?] Koçollari. Later the police took under control the residence of Mr. Trëndafil Pani, chairman of the Association of Former Persecuted Persons in Gjirokastër. Both of these anti-communists played a major role in defending constitutional order and law in Gjirokastër during the communist rebellion of 1997. Both are capable people who played a peaceful and calming role in the dark days of the rebellion that brought destruction to Albania. After the arrests of opposition militants and the police actions being carried out against the opposition and determined anti-communists, on the eve of the start of the parliamentary session for the inquiry commission process on the Ceka case, it is becoming increasingly clear that the implementation of a plan prepared by a government determined to use violence against the opposition is being prepared. Rugova must do his duty. State assistance in Kosovo weighs on the families of fighters and on Kosovo refugees in order to normalize matters; the Serbian government cannot allow their demonstrators and protesters. It has stopped the police from terror and repression and the withdrawal of military and police forces to replace them with civilians. It is clear that the cycle of massacres and bloodshed in Kosovo is continuing with brutality. Yesterday’s train in Milot, so as not to let the Nano government do its duty as the police force of Tirana and shelter for refugees, is part of the new state scheme of a regime that has decided to fight the opposition. Besi Turris [?] Prisons of Tirana

ATSH: Around 50 Kosovo refugees in Kukës In a report by the state news agency, “ATSH,” published yesterday, people from Kosovo are said to be returning to Kukës and 50 Kosovars crossing the border were included. The agency’s report in Kukës was denied the same day by Kosovars who had come from Kosovo to the northern city. Sources close to the prefect told RD that a misunderstanding had occurred, since in Kukës and in the shelter center there, at least 6 citizens from Kosovo had returned from Kosovo [?]. The Kukës police also clarified the unbelievable report for RD. Border police officers in Kukës told RD that the Kosovars were from two families and could not be counted as 50 people. A spokesperson for the border police in Kukës said that ATSH’s report of 50 refugees from Kosovo was exaggerated. He also said that at most 6 or 7 people had arrived in Kukës. It is understood that the ATSH report came from the Albanian government’s Kosovo office and has caused concern because it may affect international statements on the crisis in Kosovo. L.M.

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ON PAGE 6 Rugova: Independence is the best solution The situation remains very serious

The situation in the province remains very serious Rugova: Independence is the best solution The situation in the province remains very serious ON PAGE 6

The roundtable of the commission for drafting the constitutional project fails again. The governing coalition is being burdened further Balli Kombëtar blocks the code commission ON PAGE 3

The opposition parties are setting up the “For the return of property” commission. Chairman Iljaz VEPA comments that the issue of compensation will remain tense as long as there are such standpoints and compromises. Creditors as a party with transparency The opposition parties are setting up the “For the return of property” commission. Chairman of VEPA comments that the issue of compensation will remain tense as long as there are such standpoints and compromises. Creditors as a party with transparency ON PAGE 5

Violence against the free media continues ON PAGE 3

Greek army troops are deployed in “Vau i Dejës” ON PAGE 2

Smuggling of clandestine migrants erupts in the South ON PAGE 2

Conflicts in Mirditë, supervision where the crisis of medicine is read ON PAGE 5