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Criminal Act Poses Dangerous Social Threat
According to press
reports, in the evening of December 18, 2005, around 21:30, unknown individuals
threw an explosive amount on the balcony of the first floor of the building
housing the editorial offices of "Shekulli" newspaper, on Tirana's "Don Bosko"
street.
The Albanian Helsinki
Committee powerfully condemns this grave, dangerous, and bandit-like act that
jeopardizes the lives of people and reporters of this newspaper.
Eventhough criminal
proceedings are underway, the AHC suggests to relevant organs to devote priority
to it, to discover and hold the perpetrators of this crime penally accountable.
Like before, the AHC
denounces violent acts against journalists in any form they are demonstrated. In
a society like ours, the print and broadcast media play an important
educational, sensitizing, and evil-preventing role.
The AHC finds with
satisfaction that the press, with each passing day, is assuming the
characteristics of an irreplaceable tool characterized by transparency and
courage as a function of constructive opposition.
Although the motives
of this shocking and socially dangerous act are still unknown, the AHC remains
convinced that such acts are directly or indirectly addressed against free
press.
The AHC, in this case,
expresses its happiness that the above act accidentally was not accompanied with
any harm to the health and life of reporters.
The AHC joins the
concern of Shekulli's reporters and wishes that they will continue to fulfill
their important and useful mission with dignity in the future.
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