Capital punishment in Albania

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Capital punishment in Albania was abolished for murder on 1 October 2000, but was still retained for treason and military offences. The reason for the abolition of the death penalty in Albania as well as in other European nations was the signing of Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR.

Under communism, the People's Socialist Republic of Albania performed around 6,000 executions between 1941 to 1985.[1][2][3] The last execution of civilians, carried out after the election of the post-communist government, was a double hanging on 25 June 1992, where the perpetrators of the Libofshë massacre, brothers Dritëbardh and Josif Çuko, were hanged for five counts of murder in the public square in Fier.[4]

In 2007 Albania ratified Protocol No. 13 to the ECHR, abolishing capital punishment under all circumstances and replacing it with life imprisonment in the statute books.

References

  1. ↑ "Varja e Havzi Nelës, PD zbardh vendimin dhe firmën e Kristaq Ramës" [Hanging of Havzi Nela, DP clarifies Kristaq Rama's decision and signature] (in Albanian). Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "KLOSI – Poeti disident Havzi Nela..." [KLOSI – Dissident poet Havzi Nela...]. Klosi News (in Albanian). 2009-02-25. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  3. ↑ Erebara, Gjergj (2019-10-31). "Search for Victims of Albanian Communism Impeded by Prosecutors". Balkan Insight.
  4. ↑ "Top Story/ Ja kur është dhënë dënimi i fundit me vdekje në Shqipëri" [Top Story/ Here's when the last death sentence was given in Albania]. top-channel.tv (in Albanian). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-09-18.


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