Today, colder than ever, we demand respect for human dignity. Today, stronger than ever, a message of freedom for the whole nation. Today throughout Albania: NATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE, VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE - Today, stronger than ever, we demand respect for human dignity. - Today, stronger than ever, a message of freedom for the whole nation. "If democracy is welcoming, if democracy is tolerance, if democracy is consideration for the other, if democracy is protection of the individual from the violence of power, then democracy is not only propaganda." EKREM GOGA (30.1.1939 LETTER TO THE DEPUTIES OF SALLI BERISHA)

Not only because Fatos Nano and other opposition figures are in prison and have long since been turned into political prisoners, but also because during this time in pre-trial detention cells, police stations and prisons, citizens and opposition figures have died or been tortured, something that had never happened before. Under media pressure and a propaganda uproar from the authorities, case after case has shown that serious acts against the law and human dignity have been committed. In these circumstances, the punishment of political opponents and of people who protest against injustice takes on the dimensions of a national scandal. Police violence was used, testimony and trials were fabricated, and the organs of investigation and judgment were abused. This wave of repression has affected families, students, activists and ordinary citizens. When fundamental freedoms are violated and institutions remain silent, peaceful civic protest becomes not only a right, but a moral duty. The people cannot accept terror replacing the law, nor power behaving as the owner of people's lives and destinies.

The official power considers parliamentary governance an utopia. In recent days, the entire official spirit of propaganda has tried to present any different opinion as destabilization. Instead of a climate of cooperation, political hostility is being encouraged and exclusionary practices are being justified. Parliamentary debate is being devalued, the opposition is being anathematized, and every call for dialogue is described as weakness. This shows that governance is moving away from the standards of a democratic order in which institutions respect one another and in which the majority does not abolish pluralism. Without a culture of compromise and accountability, parliamentary government remains only an empty slogan.

When decisions need to be made in the public interest and for the integrity of institutions, power gives no account. Instead of transparency and honesty, citizens are served propaganda formulas. For every criticism there is labeling, for every request there is delay, for every civic revolt there is a threat. This behavior is deepening distrust and is leading the country into a crisis of representation. In this climate it is impossible to build normal relations between the state and society.

Fatos Nano declares in court: "This is not a trial! Mine, but it is played because in the Nano case it is in the bunker of explanatory necessity." 5 October 1993. – Fatos Nano appears before the court panel. From the outset he considers the proceeding a political farce. According to the statements published, unfounded charges have been fabricated against him and a denigrating scheme has been built in order to strike the Socialist opposition. 12 October 1993. – The hearing continues with debates and procedural objections. The lawyers raise issues regarding the manner in which evidence is being handled and the restriction of the right of defense. Nano insists that the trial is being conducted under political diktat. 20 October 1993. – Tensions rise in the courtroom. The defense demands transparency and respect for legal norms, but according to the article's description these requests are rejected. For the opposition, this case has become a symbol of the use of justice for political motives. 21 October 1993. – His relatives and supporters express concern about the handling of the case. The article emphasizes that the trial is being followed with great public interest and that the way it develops will affect the country's political climate. 22 October 1993. – Further assessments are presented on the course of the trial and the consequences it may have for democratic life. According to the article, the Fatos Nano case sums up the conflict between a power that seeks submission and an opposition that seeks to defend pluralism. (Continued on page 2)

Kokoros Pulinas, Ue e merrë vërejtosur dhe vërejosoi Fatos Nanon as the most distinguished modern figure in culture. Italian MP Aliberti: Fatos Nano, in the organs of Italian justice does not judge moral issues. 1 October 1993. – In Athens, various political and public figures speak about the trial against Fatos Nano, evaluating it from the perspective of European standards of the rule of law. The article quotes concern that the procedures followed in Albania are contrary to the principles of impartial justice. 2 October 1993. – Foreign press reactions emphasize that the Nano case has become a test of the country's democratic maturity. It is noted that respect for the rights of the defense and the presumption of innocence is a condition for European integration. 4 October 1993. – Comments from Italian and Greek political circles link this process to the overall climate of pluralism in Albania. Deputies and analysts stress that political sentences and pressure on the opposition are incompatible with the standards of the Council of Europe. 10 October 1993. – In the continuation of the reactions, the article mentions that European institutions and public figures have called for attention to developments in Tirana. It is requested that justice not be used as an instrument of political punishment. (Continued on page 2)

HEADS OF TEACHERS DJ, half-chauvinist in Krujë, Shijak and Durrës, regarding the strike, did not call it, did not acknowledge it and did not criticize the teachers. Corrupt. 1 Zëri i popullit. Zëri i popullit. ... [?] U. M. DITËRË, NATIONAL TRAMS