US Report über das Gangster Regime unter dem Deutsch - Albanischen Regime um 2001 in Albanien

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Albania
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 25, 2004

Albania is a republic with a multiparty parliament, and a prime Minister and a president both elected by Parliament. The Prime Minister heads the Government; the presidency is a largely ceremonial position with limited executive power. In October, local elections were held throughout the country, which were judged to be an improvement over previous elections, with only a few isolated incidents of irregularities and violence. The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary; however, corruption and political pressure limited its ability to function independently and efficiently.

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The country continued to experience high levels of violent crime. Many killings continued to occur throughout the country as the result of individual or clan vigilante actions connected to traditional “blood feuds” or criminal gang conflicts. According to the Ministry of Public Order, more than 14 individuals were killed in blood feuds, which are based on the medieval Code of Lek Dukagjini (the kanun), which was practiced by individuals particularly in the northern part of the country. Under the kanun, only adult males are acceptable targets for blood feuds; however, women and children often were killed or injured in the attacks. The nongovernmental organization (NGO) National Reconciliation Committee estimated that 1,370 families were self-imprisoned at home and that 711 children were prevented from attending school due to fear of revenge. Some organizations and religious leaders contended that these figures were inflated but agreed that blood feuds were a significant problem. Religious leaders in the region believed that blood feuds prompted many rural families to migrate to Shkodra, an urban center in the northern part of the country.

Blood feud cases were adjudicated in the Special Crimes Court. Blood killings are distinguished from homicide cases and carry a sentence of no less than 25 years’ imprisonment; in comparison, homicide carries a sentence of 15-25 years. Although blood feud prosecution rates were not available, estimates indicated that 60-65 percent of all cases were brought to court and nearly all of them ended up at the appellate level.

b. Disappearance

There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.

In May, three former officials of the SHISH were arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Ziso Kristopulli and Remzi Hoxha in 1995. Although Kristopulli was eventually released, the whereabouts of Hoxha remained unknown. According to the prosecutor, the three former SHISH officials–although not formally charged–were suspected of kidnapping and torturing Kristopulli and Hoxha. Two of the officials were arrested–one remained in jail while the other was released on bail–and the third suspect was no longer under suspicion. At year’s end, the case remained under investigation.

c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment …

Col. Edmond Koseni, the Director of Police of Elbasan District, was dismissed and arrested in 2001 for human rights abuses, and subsequently prosecuted and convicted in the District Court of Elbasan. The Durres Court of Appeals upheld his conviction.

There were no developments in the 2002 case against Alnor Hasa, Chief of Criminal Police in Vlora, accused of beating a detainee.

There were no developments in the April 2002 Pergjini assault case which alleged that three brothers were arrested and beat by police in reprisal for a dispute with the officers or the 2002 Azgan Haklaj assault case in which charges were filed against four officers accused of assaulting Haklaj during his 2001 arrest. (Haklaj’s only a gangster Clan from Tropoje)
Conditions inside the prisons and detention centers remained poor, despite Government efforts to address problems such as poor facilities and overcrowding. According to the European Union’s Judicial Reform, Asylum and Migration Operations Section, detainees had limited access to bathroom and showering facilities, insufficient food, and, in some cases, space limitations kept them from engaging in religious practices. The prison staff was poorly trained. Prisoners and detainees rioted in Shkodra and Peshkopia, and held hunger strikes in Vlora, Berat, and Permet to protest the poor living conditions. …………….
There were no confirmed cases of detainees being held strictly for political reasons. Ekrem Spahia, Chairman of the Legality Party, and 12 of his supporters had faced criminal charges in connection with the events of 1998 during which a Democratic Party (DP) parliamentarian was killed. The charges against Spahia were subsequently dropped because he had parliamentary immunity; however, the trials of his supporters remained pending at year’s end.

The Constitution prohibits forced exile, and the Government did not employ it. ……………

The President appoints the Prosecutor General with the consent of Parliament, and appoints and dismisses other prosecutors on the recommendation of the Prosecutor General. The President may dismiss the Prosecutor General on the recommendation of the Parliament. Despite the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission ruling advising that the implementation of the 2002 Constitutional Court decision stating that Prosecutor General Arben Rakipi, who was dismissed without the opportunity to present a defense, should be reinstated, the Government took no action to reinstate Rakipi during the year.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27820.htm

Next year election fundamental to Albania’s progress, says EU
TIRANA, Nov 6 – The European Commission published its 2008 progress report for Albania stressing explicitly that general elections next year in Albania would be a keystone for the country’s further progress toward integration.

The report also repeated that fighting corruption and improving the judiciary were other main topics of concern for which the tiny Balkan country should focus its attention.

It also made it clear that, though not excluding the possibility, signing a visa free regime with the country needed much more conditions to be fulfilled beforehand.

As normally expected in this country, the report was hailed by the governing coalition of Prime Minister Sali Berisha as a success story. Berisha also pledged to Europe his executive considered that as its road map and would further continue reforms.

The Election 2009 is also a money war between the old and familiar drug mafia clans and their representatives in the Albanian politics: Skrapar Clan with Ilir Meta ties with German politics criminals against the Albanian society in cooperation with the World Bank and the good forces in the EU!

The Italian drug export statistics (1998-2002), the Germans - Albanian mafia politics, Ilir Meta as the government was! At these successes and profits German government wants to build on this success and model, with high corruption criminal transactions, such as water around Berlinwasser, Rodeco, Consult, DAW, Bundesdruckerei and the Airport Partners continue and again.

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