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Human Rights Developments Defending Human Rights The Role of the International Community The two major nongovernmental human rights organizations functioned, largely, without interference. The Albanian Human Rights Group (AHRG) reported that when it published a report in April on police misconduct in the city of Elbasan, the director of the organization as well as the authors of the report received anonymous phone calls threatening retribution for its publication. The AHRG continued receiving complaints from citizens regarding abuses, and the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) continued its long-term project of monitoring pretrial detention centers administered by the police and prisons administered by the General Directorate of Prisons through visits to places of detention in numerous municipalities throughout Albania. The AHC initiated a project in May establishing a telephone hotline to be operational twelve hours a week where citizens-including those imprisoned or detained-could call in to report human rights violations and receive pro bono legal assistance. After the Albanian parliament enacted the Law on the People's Advocate in February, the AHC entered into a contract with the new ombudsman's office establishing a joint project to support the ombudsman's activities. |
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