State Department Report on Human Rights in Albania The government violated citizens’ privacy rights. Daily human-rights abuses. Opposition members were killed and arrested. The police, part of corruption. Journalists were beaten by the blue uniforms. Some detainees died from torture in police stations and prisons The government violated citizens’ privacy rights. Daily human-rights abuses. Opposition members were killed and arrested. The police, part of corruption. Journalists were beaten by the blue uniforms. Some detainees died from torture in police stations and prisons

Traces did not see the PS leader’s head for the dismissal of the Foreign Minister on page 2

The U.S. ambassador in Tirana shows his homeland Albania’s transition on page 3

By Halid KASMI The politics of tension, its purpose and consequences Se? political [?] on page 2

Yesterday he was killed in the Uji i Ftohtë neighborhood on page 11

The PD activists of Korçë condemn Saturday’s police violence on page 11

The highest leaders of the Albanian state under criticism from senators of the Italian parliament on pages 4-5

Today, 328 days since Azem’s murder Azem Hajdari, the symbol of democracy and Albanian political pluralism, a powerful promoter of democratic movements and convictions with rare dedication and heroic commitment to building and consolidating the rule of law, has been persecuted, discriminated against and constantly tortured, even up to the days of democracy, for his multifaceted activity, whether through his parliamentary struggle or through revolutionary and uncompromising action. This personality, with indisputable historical contributions to the establishment of political pluralism in Albania and to the building of the democratic state, continues to be attacked and smeared, mainly in those areas where he is most enduring in his work. on page 6

All members of the National Council of the Democratic League of Women of Albania are informed that the first meeting of the new presidency, which will take place on Saturday, 4.3.2000, at 11:00 at the LDGSH central headquarters, the National Council of LDGSH will meet with the following agenda: “Preparations for the organization of the LDGSH Assembly”. Presidency of LDGSH

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