A vanload of police officers to forcibly take the editor-in-chief and journalist Mujë Buçpapaj. The police officers: “We have orders to take you by force; we don’t know why our bosses are looking for you”
A vanload of police officers to forcibly take the editor-in-chief and journalist Mujë Buçpapaj
Police raid the Rilindja Demokratike newsroom
The police officers: “We have orders to take you by force; we don’t know why our bosses are looking for you”
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The National Forum of Free Media is established
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Dozens massacred in cells
Police violence fuels protests. Today, back in the square at 17:00
Ilir Meta’s barbarians turn into executioners. Inhuman torture in police stations. Are these beasts Albanian?
Police violence fuels protests. Today, back in the square at 17:00
Dozens massacred in cells
This is Sait Lala, brutally beaten by the police. The Albanian Helsinki Committee has also spoken out on his behalf
Ilir Meta’s barbarians turn into executioners. Inhuman torture in police stations. Are these beasts Albanian?
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The Helsinki Committee, or the Socialist Party’s KPD
By Nebil ÇIKA
Yesterday, the Albanian Helsinki Committee sided with the government, the police and SHISH in the violence against democratic protesters. In a statement published yesterday, this ally of the Albanian government harshly attacked the opposition’s protests over the manipulation of the 1 October vote, using language identical to that of the government and Socialist Party spokespeople
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From protests to revolt
Sami NEZA
The Democrats’ protest movement is still taking shape, while state violence continues to escalate. In one week, more than a thousand protesters have been arrested, including several dozen children who have been beaten and mistreated
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DP: The persecutors will soon get the answer they deserve
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Martin Deda threatens journalist Ndrekë Gjini
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On Saturday, meeting of the DP National Council
All members of the National Council of the DP are hereby informed that the meeting of the National Council of the Democratic Party of Albania will be held on 18.11.2000 at 11:00. The mayors and the Democratic Party of Albania and “Union for Democracy” candidates for mayor in the 1 October 2000 local government elections are invited to attend.
Nano seeks to deceive the EP about the elections
Socialist Party issues defamatory statement in the European Parliament
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Today, 790 days since the murder of the December leader
The government protects Azem’s killers
Every day that passes since the murder of Azem Hajdari proves the involvement of Fatos Nano’s government and its officials in the crime that shocked Albanian public opinion. The government, which is doing nothing to solve the murder of Azem Hajdari
