Civil Rights Defenders expresses deep concern over the legislative changes in Albania, proposed by the Government on the 11th of November. If adopted, they will restore prison sentences for defamation...
On 5 March, Civil Rights Defenders joined a protest aimed at preventing forced evictions and demolition of homes of about 70 Roma families in Selita, a district of the Albanian capital Tirana. The pro...
In the area of Selita in Tirana, 70 families, a majority of them Roma, are threatened with evictions. Civil Rights Defenders demand that the local municipalities and authorities coordinate and carry o...
Together with Pro LGBT and representatives from the Roma and LGBT community Civil Rights Defenders arranged a summer school on Multimedia and online activism for young NGO volunteers in Alba...
The International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, 17 May, was celebrated in both Kosovo and in Albania. In Tirana supporters took to their bikes in a “Ride against Homophobia” and, for the fir...
Following on from Kristi Pinderi, the first Albanian recipient of the Natalia Bracelet, Xheni Karaj an LGBT activist also from Albania is included in the Natalia Project security system, to coincide w...
Kristi Pinderi, LGBT activist from Albania, is one of the first human rights defenders from the Western Balkans to be included in the Natalia Project security system. His bracelet was activated just i...
In Albania there are more than 110.000 persons with disabilities. Until 1993 they were invisible, kept in institutions, and no one talked about their rights. Today the issue is less controversial but ...
We are deeply concerned about the poor conditions of 30 Roma families living in Albania. Together with our partner, the Albanian Helsinki Committee we have sent a letter to the local Government of the...
Civil Rights Defenders is concerned about the discrimination against LGBT people in the public debate in Albania. We condemn the statements made by politicians and call on the authorities to put an en...
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