Albania: Information on concentration/labour camps and whether family members of political dissidents were also imprisoned
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ALB11054 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Albania: Information on concentration/labour camps and whether family members of political dissidents were also imprisoned, 1 June 1992, ALB11054, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acb43f.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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The attached articles provide ample evidence that spouses and children of political dissidents in Albania were sent to concentration camps or banished to remote primitive villages. In 1984, Amnesty International reported that there were thousands of prisoners in Albania, many of whom were charged with religious activity (The New York Times 12 Dec. 1984). A group in Greece claimed that Greeks in Albania were persecuted through "arrests, torture and internment in concentration camps" (The New York Times 26 Feb. 1984).
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The Associated Press (AP). 14 May 1991. AM Cycle. George Jahn, "Albanian Human Rights Advocate: Many Still Trapped in Internally [sic] Exile." (NEXIS)
_____. 22 May 1991. AM Cycle. George Jahn, "Thousands Suffered for 'Sins' of Their Fathers." (NEXIS)
The Daily Telegraph. 24 February 1991. Michael Montgomery, "Albania's Gulag Generation." (NEXIS)
Manchester Guardian Weekly. 17 March 1991. Ian Traynor, "The Prison Called Albania." (NEXIS)
The New York Times. 17 May, 1992. Brenda Fowler, "Banished for Their Fathers' Sins." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 December 1984. Reuters, "Rights Group Says Albanians Curb Dissent." (NEXIS)
_____. 26 February 1984. Paul Anastasi, "Greece is Seeking Broad Talks with Albania." (NEXIS)
Sunday Times. 6 October 1991. Margaret Driscoll, "Albanians Held Captive by Freedom." (NEXIS)
