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Albania
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Absolute cruelty from @PoliciaeShtetit. They brutally beat a protester and left as soon as journalists approached.
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🚨🇦🇱 BREAKING: POLICE BRUTALITY REPORTED DURING MASSIVE PROTEST IN TIRANA, ALBANIA — PROTESTER RISKS LOSING HIS SIGHT!
⚠️ Disturbing footage reportedly shows a police officer striking a protester in the eye with a rubber bullet during Saturday’s demonstration. According to doctors, the injury puts his vision at risk.
🇦🇱 NO PROTESTER SHOULD HAVE TO RISK LOSING THEIR SIGHT FOR EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO PROTEST.
DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. STOP POLICE BRUTALITY!
#Albania #Tirana #StudentProtests
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Footage from 1997 shows Edi Rama after being brutally beaten for his political opposition under Sali Berisha's regime. Back then, Rama leveled the exact same accusations at Berisha that Albania's youth now direct at him today as PM. Proof that power corrupts and transforms. ⌛️
Alarming footage from Albania 🚨 Two moments when police barbarically assault a youth who was trying to run away, while in the other video a police officer strikes with a rubber baton a couple walking peacefully in the street who was not involved in the protest. #Day142
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🚨🇦🇱Breaking: Massive Clashes between Albaniana Police and Protestors right now
Violence Continue in #Albania 🚨
Looks like a Battle of Hogwart🪄
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In his latest early-morning outburst, Albanian PM Edi Rama says Gov. might lower the legal age of criminal responsibility so he can send protesting kids to prison.
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PM Edi Rama's plan for managing the crisis in Albania:
1. Every protesting youth is arrested.
2. Parents must pay for the damages.
3. Teachers who don't stop youth to protest are permanently fired.
4. €2,500 bonus for every police officer who confronts the protesters.
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On Day 142, turnout is lower, but clashes continue. Protesters struck Tirana’s Court of Appeal, while citizens in Rubik blocked the vital national highway linking Albania to Kosovo. Meanwhile, hundreds of youth remain detained. #FlamingoRevolution 🇦🇱🦩
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4. Even if you are not rioting/protesting, if you happen to be at the wrong place and wrong time (these keep shifting all the time) you will experience military-grade teargas, rubber bullets, high pressure water cannons. Police are using these with and without provocation.
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I am deeply concerned by the escalating situation in Albania. Local authorities must refrain from aggression against peaceful protesters, and everyone on the ground must work to deescalate and prevent further violence.
Michigan is home to a strong and vibrant Albanian American community, and I know these developments are very personal for many Michiganders. The Albanian people deserve a government that respects their fundamental rights and upholds the rule of law. That’s why I will continue to advocate for peace and justice for all Albanians.
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🚨🇦🇱 BREAKING: DRONE CAPTURES LIVE CLASHES IN TIRANA, ALBANIA!
🔥 Protesters unleash a barrage of fireworks at police, who respond with water cannons and tear gas as clashes escalate in the streets.
🇦🇱 THE STUDENT UPRISING CONTINUES. THE STREETS OF TIRANA ARE ERUPTING!
#Albania #Tirana #Studentprotests
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All of this is happening just so Edi Rama can stay Prime Minister of a corrupt regime. It is him against the people. #Albania
Intense, direct clashes continue between protesters and police in Albania. 🚨🚨🚨
#Day141 #FlamingoRevolution 🇦🇱🦩
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I am watching with great concern the escalating crisis in NATO Ally Albania. The Albanian people deserve freedom, rule of law, and institutional accountability. The government must refrain from all violence against protestors. Young people deserve a voice in the future of their country.
