human rights

Erion Veliaj heads to Constitutional Court as Venice Commission warns against overreach

The Constitutional Court will hold a hearing tomorrow on the case of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj, just days after the Venice Commission issued a critical opinion warning that removing elected...

Defense lawyer’s scandalous arrest leads to criticism of justice system’s corporativist drift

An Albanian lawyer, Ulian Bajrami, was arrested after a tense courtroom exchange in Elbasan, where he accused the prosecutor of submitting false evidence in a case and vowed to file...