AI slams Albanian prison system
Amnesty International and the Albanian opposition have today called on the Albanian government to put a stop to violence in the country’s prisons.
Thursday, 27.11.2008.
10:28
Amnesty International and the Albanian opposition have today called on the Albanian government to put a stop to violence in the country’s prisons. The main opposition party, the Socialists, called on the Albanian Interior Minister Bujar Nishani to undertake appropriate measures, adding that violence against prisoners was ruining the police’s reputation. AI slams Albanian prison system According to Reuters, Amnesty International called on the Albanian government to issue urgent instructions to the police and other organs that torture and abuse of inmates was a criminal act that should be sanctioned. The Albanian Interior Ministry has dismissed the opposition’s allegations, claiming that there have only been isolated incidents of violence and that the perpetrators are under investigation, though he did not respond directly to Amnesty’s accusations.
AI slams Albanian prison system
According to Reuters, Amnesty International called on the Albanian government to issue urgent instructions to the police and other organs that torture and abuse of inmates was a criminal act that should be sanctioned.The Albanian Interior Ministry has dismissed the opposition’s allegations, claiming that there have only been isolated incidents of violence and that the perpetrators are under investigation, though he did not respond directly to Amnesty’s accusations.
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