Lack of human rights

As for Albania, the document expresses its concerns on domestic violence, mistreatment in prisons, discrimination of the Roma and homosexual communities.

The vice director of the program for Europe and Central Asia, Jezerca tigani, says for “Voice of America” that the organization has the same concerns for the human rights in Albania. “Last year we had 2526 reported incidents of domestic violence, 345 more than last year”, she said.

Another concern that she mentioned was the continued discrimination of the Roma community. “There have been cases when the Roma community has been removed by force from their tents, and were obliged to find other ways and other shelters for their families, and some of these evictions took place in winter”.

The government has taken few measures to accommodate this community. Jezerca Tigani also underlined the discrimination of the Gay community in Albania, a problem that is not well known and that should be treated more carefully.

“The first human right parade for this group in Tirana was a very important step. We hope that this year the Tirana parade will be held again”, says the Amnesty International report, which raises its concerns also for young orphans who need shelter, and that of mistreatment in prisons and police stations.

The report mentions the case of the former National Guard commander, Ndrea Prendi and the former National Guard officer, Agim Llupo, accused for the murder of four protesters in January 2011. For the human right organization, this issue is not closed yet, although the trial ended last year. As for Kosovo, Tigani declared that the agreement with Serbia has not been mentioned in the human rights group.

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