TIRANA (Reuters) - A dozen gay and lesbian activists cycled through Albania's capital on Monday, holding a daring gay rights demonstration in a country which aspires to join the European Union but where conservative values are still deeply entrenched. Activists shelved plans for a larger, gay pride parade to coincide with International Day Against Homophobia on Thursday after a deputy defense minister said they should be beaten with thick sticks. Accompanied by police, the cyclists had barely begun their rain-soaked protest when hooded youths threw homemade tube bombs at them. ...
Several thousand people, mainly ethnic Albanians, protested Friday in Macedonia’s capital, Skopje, and other cities to demand a fair trial for five people suspected in the slayings of five fishermen.
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania on Thursday voted to allow the European Union to investigate accusations that ethnic Albanian fighters sold organs from captured Serbs during the 1999 Kosovo conflict. The allegations surfaced in 2010 when Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty said Kosovo Liberation Army fighters transported Serb prisoners to northern Albania where some had their organs removed and traded. The alleged crimes happened during the Kosovo conflict when Kosovo Albanian guerrillas attacked Serb troops, including from their safe havens in Albania. ...
Albania's parliament has approved legislation granting the European Union permission to investigate claims that civilian captives from the 1998-99 Kosovo war were murdered by organ traffickers.
Edmond Demiraj’s case had reached the Supreme Court as he sought to prove that he feared for himself and his family if they were returned to their home country.
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