The Albanian Helsinki Committee applauds and supports the joint Declaration of the Summit of the Western Balkan Countries, the European Union, Germany, etc., that was held in Berlin on August 28, 2014. We especially applaud the German Government and Chancellor Angela Merkel, not only as the initiator of the organization of this Summit, but also
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) has continuously had at the center of its attention the study of legal initiatives in order to assess and suggest improvements that would guarantee higher standards of respect for human rights and freedoms as well as preserve and strengthen the rule of law. AHC has reacted especially in some cases
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) applauds the operation of State Police forces to impose the implementation of the law in some areas where there is planting of narcotic plants and their trafficking. The action is currently concentrated in the Commune of Lazarat, which for a long time has been cited as one of the main
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) has reacted publicly even before against hate and aggressive speech, often used in the Assembly, by both majority and opposition MPs. It is regrettable, it has even become very disturbing, that this phenomenon recently is manifested increasingly harsher, both in the activity of Assembly Committees and in plenary sessions. The
On 16.05.2014, the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) verified respect for the rights and treatment of detained/arrested persons at Police Commissariat No. 1, of the Tirana District Police Directory. 8 persons, 7 of whom have been remanded to ‘arrest in prison’ and awaiting a security measure from the court, were being held for days in very
On June 24, 2012, the inhabitants of the Trush village, Commune of Bërdicë, district of Shkodër, for the second time in a row protested against failure to pay them compensation for damages caused to agricultural products and businesses by the flooding of the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. The print and broadcast
ROUND TABLE REGARDING REFORM IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR) On April 19 and 20, 2012, with the initiative of the United Kingdom, as the holder of the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE, a high-level conference was held in Brighton (UK) on the need for further reform of the
In 2002, petitioners A.Lika and V.Laska were sentenced by the Pukë judicial district court by 13 years of imprisonment each for the penal offences of armed robbery and of illegal possession of weapons, a decision upheld by the Shkodër court of appeals and the High Court. Based on the serious violations encountered during the adjudication
Albanian Disability and Development Coalition expresses the concern about the situation, with regards to groups of people with disabilities, in some districts, cities, municipalities and communes of the country, a situation which relates to the delay of disability monthly payments that they should benefit, especially during the last quarter of the last year. This issue
OPEN LETTER TO: MR. SALI BERISHA, PRIME MINISTER OF ALBANIA Honorable Mr. Prime Minister, First of all, allow us to express the sincere congratulations of the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) for Albania’s admission with full rights into the NATO Alliance. This has been an aspiration of the Albanian people and is further encouragement toward European